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| 2024-04-21 | |
| [IsraelTimes] 9 Israeli troops also hurt in festivities in Nur Shams refugee camp, adjacent to Tulkarem The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday continued a counter-terrorism operation in the West Bank’s Nur Shams refugee camp, the military said on Saturday afternoon. The raid, near Tulkarem, has been ongoing for more than 40 hours. Amid the operation, the IDF said troops killed at least 10 button men and detained another eight wanted Paleostinians. The troops also discovered and destroyed a bomb-making lab; seized firearms, including assault rifles; and used bulldozers to rip up roads where bombs were suspected to have been planted, the military said. Eight soldiers and a Border Police officer were maimed as of Saturday afternoon amid festivities with Paleostinian button men and rioters. Their injuries were listed as light and moderate conditions. Paleostinian media outlets reported that senior 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... terrorist Muhammad Jaber, known as Abu Shuja’a, was among those killed by troops. He was the commander of Islamic Jihad’s local wing in Tulkarem, the reports said. Paleostinian media also named Salim Ghannam, 30, and Qais Fathi Nasrallah, 16, as killed amid the raid.
The IDF said earlier today that troops had killed 10 operatives during the counter-terrorism operation, which it said started on Thursday. “So far, our crews have evacuated 14 martyrs from Nur Shams camp to the hospital,” the Palestinian Red Crescent says. There is no immediate statement from the IDF on the PRC report. Residents contacted by AFP say there is no electricity in the area and food is running short, but nobody is being allowed to enter or leave. | |
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