JENIN, June 5 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Dozens of Israeli occupation tanks advanced into the northern West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday, June 5, firing their machine guns as they went.

An Agence France-Presse (AFP) reporter in the town said that more than 30 tanks rumbled in from the north, west and east after encircling Jenin as Apache attack helicopters strafed targets with heavy machine-gun fire. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Jenin’s refugee camp was devastated in an Israeli invasion in April after the army stormed nearly all the cities in the West Bank.

Israeli forces have entered the town several times since the massive Israeli military offensive codenamed “Operation Defensive Shield” ended on May 10, including in a raid on Tuesday.

Businesses and shops closed in Jenin and people went home fearing an imminent Israeli incursion, according to the same source.

Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported that the Apache helicopters struck the industrial area North East of Jenin.