Israel’s offensive in West Bank intensifies as tanks move in. Here’s the latest [Video]

Tensions are rising in the occupied West Bank after Israel sent more troops and, for the first time in more than two decades, tanks into the Palestinian territory. 

Israel has demolished buildings and driven out tens of thousands of residents living in refugee camps — worrying Palestinians about the possibility of permanent displacement. Here is a look at where things stand in the region.

What happened this weekend?

Israel sent tanks into the West Bank on Sunday for the first time since 2002 — as Defence Minister Israel Katz announced an expansion of its military operations in the territory, which also saw troops sent into the refugee camps of Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur al-Shams.

Those camps — which were cleared out, Katz said —  housed descendants of Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war around the birth of the state of Israel.

Katz told the troops to to prepare for …