2024 5 December Clashes broke out between the
PA security forces and militants in Jenin after the former arrested several wanted militants in the city. During the clashes, militants seized two vehicles belonging to the security forces, which were later seen paraded around Jenin.
14 December Brigadier General Anwar Rajab, a spokesman for the PA security forces, formally announced the operation and vowed that the PA would regain control of the Jenin refugee camp. Rajab also compared local militants to
ISIS. Security forces operating in the Jenin camp killed Yazid Jaayseh, a commander of the Jenin Brigades. That night, civilians demonstrated in favor of the Jenin Brigades, and security forces stationed near the city's Shifa Hospital opened fire on the crowd, causing injuries.
UNRWA announced the suspension of its services in the Jenin camp on account of the fighting.
15 December The United States asked Israel to urgently approve a supply of equipment and ammunition for the PA forces operating in Jenin.
16 December The Palestinian Authority claimed its security forces had made significant advances in the Jenin refugee camp, and that half the camp was now under operational control. The residents of Jenin also undertook a general strike in protest of the operation.
18 December An unnamed commander of the Jenin Brigades reported that attempted negotiations with the security forces ended in failure.
20 December PA security forces forcibly removed protestors who were demonstrating against the operation. UNRWA reported that it no longer had control over its Jenin health center due to the presence of "Palestinian armed actors".
23 December Fatah, the party that governs the Palestinian Authority, announced its decision to ban the Qatari media network
Al Jazeera from operating in the West Bank and condemned it for "incitement" during its coverage of the operation. Fatah accused Al Jazeera of sowing division "in our Arab homeland in general and in Palestine in particular," and called on Palestinians to avoid cooperating with the network.
2025 1 January PA forces implemented the ban on Al Jazeera, with PA police raiding their office in
Ramallah and handing over a suspension order.
6 January The Jenin Brigades targeted PA forces withdrawing from the entrance to Jenin with gunfire and an
IED. Jenin Brigades members carried out the
al-Funduq shooting against three Israelis and then returned, undetected, to the Jenin camp; the attack was meant to be a message to the PA– that it could not stifle militants' reprisals against the Israeli occupation.
14 January An
Israeli Air Force aircraft bombed the Jenin camp, killing six Palestinians, including civilians and at least four militants. It marked the first time the IDF has targeted the refugee camp amid the PA siege. The PA itself condemned the airstrike as a disruptive interference with their operation. The Jenin Brigades said that it accepted an initiative for ending Palestinian infighting.
15 January The IDF launched a second airstrike on Jenin, killing six Palestinians, including at least one militant,
19 January The truce failed to hold as fighting resumed in the Jenin camp. The Jenin Brigades claimed that the PA had violated the agreement and militants reportedly opened fire on PA forces in the camp.
21 January PA forces withdrew from their positions as the IDF began a major raid on the Jenin camp, == Aftermath ==