[IsraelTimes] Three Islamic Jihad gunmen killed overnight during IDF operation in Tulkarem; troops raid offices allegedly used to fund terror.
An Israeli soldier was stabbed near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar and suffered moderate injuries, the military and medics said Thursday.
The Israel Defense Forces said the noncommissioned officer was stabbed at Yitzhar Junction, near Huwara, while in his vehicle. The stabber then expeditiously departed at a goodly pace.
The military said it launched a manhunt for the Paleostinian assailant and was blocking roads in the area. Three hours later, the suspected attacker was caught in the Paleostinian town of Awarta, not far from where the attack took place, the IDF said.
The maimed man was able to reach a nearby military position after being attacked. There, he told soldiers that he had slowed down and opened the window of his vehicle because he saw a Paleostinian gesturing to him with his hand, the Kan public broadcaster reported.
Medics took the soldier to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, which said that after receiving initial medical treatment he was now regarded as lightly maimed.
Huwara has been a hotbed of violence in recent years with several deadly terror attacks in and around the Paleostinian town, which have been met with Dire Revenge attacks from bad boy settlers who have repeatedly rampaged through it.
It was the second stabbing incident of the day after early in the morning a man tried to stab Border Police officers in East Jerusalem. Officers opened fire on the man, killing him before he could cause any injuries.
There was deadly violence in other areas of the West Bank, with three Paleostinian button men killed overnight in festivities with troops during a crackdown on terror funding in the territory, according to Paleostinian Authority officials and the IDF. The military said the raids targeted offices allegedly involved in funneling money for terror purposes in Tulkarem, Nablus, Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Tubas, and other locations. Cash, documents, and "technological equipment" were seized amid the raids, the IDF said.
In Tulkarem and Qalqiliya, troops came under attack — though none of them were hurt — and returned fire, according to the army.
Border Police troops also opened fire and killed three Paleostinian button men who were planting bombs in Tulkarem, the military said. The Paleostinian Authority’s health ministry identified those killed as Ayman Ahmad Mubarak, 26, Husam Imad Daabas, 22, and Mohammed Yusif Nasrallah, 27.
The Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
terror group later claimed the three as members of its armed wing.
Several others were maimed by IDF fire in Tulkarem, the PA ministry said.
On Wednesday, Paleostinian officials said Israeli troops killed a man as festivities broke out after a West Bank march commemorating the Paleostinian "Nakba," or catastrophe, of Israel’s creation in 1948. The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Since October 7, troops have arrested some 4,000 wanted Paleostinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,700 affiliated with Hamas
 ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
. According to the PA’s health ministry, more than 490 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed in that time. 
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