Palestinian president visits Jenin refugee camp after devastating Israeli raid

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has visited the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp in the wake of a devastating Israeli offensive last week (Jade Gao/Pool/AP)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp on Wednesday in the wake of a devastating Israeli offensive last week, marking his first visit to the camp since 2005.

The visit came at a time of seething discontent among Palestinians in the West Bank over his leadership and the Palestinian Authority, the autonomous government which administers parts of the West Bank but whose forces have largely lost control over several militant strongholds in the region – including Jenin.