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Israeli Forces Withdraw from Jenin

An Israeli soldier searches a roof during a raid in a building amid the ninth day of an ongoing military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 05 September 2024. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
An Israeli soldier searches a roof during a raid in a building amid the ninth day of an ongoing military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 05 September 2024. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
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Israeli Forces Withdraw from Jenin

An Israeli soldier searches a roof during a raid in a building amid the ninth day of an ongoing military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 05 September 2024. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
An Israeli soldier searches a roof during a raid in a building amid the ninth day of an ongoing military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 05 September 2024. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH

Israeli forces have withdrawn from the city of Jenin and a refugee camp there in the occupied West Bank, following a 10-day episode of "violent aggression,” the Palestine news agency (WAFA) said on Friday.
Twenty-one people were killed in the city and camp, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement.
A Reuters witness said the Israeli forces left behind extensive damage to infrastructure.
In a statement on Facebook, the Palestinian foreign ministry accused Israel of transferring to the occupied West Bank its brutal destruction and devastation in the Gaza Strip, as evidenced by the situation in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm, and the refugee camps there.

Palestinian health officials said Thursday that Israeli strikes in the West Bank killed six people.

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Tunisia Presidential Candidate Zammel Released from Detention

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator carries a banner during a protest demanding the implementation of a ruling by the administrative court to reinstate three other prominent candidates in the presidential race, near the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in Tunis, Tunisia September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator carries a banner during a protest demanding the implementation of a ruling by the administrative court to reinstate three other prominent candidates in the presidential race, near the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in Tunis, Tunisia September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo
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Tunisia Presidential Candidate Zammel Released from Detention

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator carries a banner during a protest demanding the implementation of a ruling by the administrative court to reinstate three other prominent candidates in the presidential race, near the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in Tunis, Tunisia September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator carries a banner during a protest demanding the implementation of a ruling by the administrative court to reinstate three other prominent candidates in the presidential race, near the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in Tunis, Tunisia September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo

Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was released from police custody on Friday shortly after he was set free from a previous detention then re-arrested over alleged election-related irregularities, the state news agency TAP reported.
Zammel is one of three candidates approved by Tunisia's electoral commission to run in a presidential election on Oct. 6 which opposition critics say is rigged in favor of President Kais Saied.
He was arrested on Monday on suspicion of falsifying voter forms. A judge ordered him set free on Thursday. But two lawyers for Zammel, Abdessatar Massoudi and Dalila Ben Mbarek, said he was arrested again immediately after his release from Borj El Amri prison.
On Friday, he was released again on a judge's orders, TAP said. His case was postponed until Sept. 19, Reuters reported.
Zammel campaign member Mahdi Abdel Jawad described his arrest as a kidnapping.
He is accused of falsifying voter forms for next month's election. Each candidate must submit forms from 10,000 supporters to qualify to stand. He denies the allegation.
Zammel has said he faces restrictions and intimidation because he is a serious competitor to Saied. He has pledged to rebuild democracy, guarantee freedoms and fix Tunisia's collapsing economy.