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Two Palestinians, one of them a PIJ fighter, killed during clash with IDF in Jenin
[IsraelTimes] Adham Jabareen, 28, was a commander in the terror group’s local wing, Jawad Bawaqta, 57, identified as teacher; military seizes weapons, kabooms in refugee camp.Israeli troops clashed with Paleostinian button men during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin early Thursday morning, with Paleostinian health officials reporting at least two killed, one of them a teacher. The Israel Defense Forces said troops came under "massive gunfire" as they entered the Jenin refugee camp to arrest wanted Paleostinians. The IDF said the forces returned fire at the button men and at Paleostinians hurling bombs. The fatalities were named by the Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry as Adham Jabareen, 28, and Jawad Bawaqta, 57. Jabareen was identified as a commander in a local wing of 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... , while Bawaqta was a teacher. The terror group said Bawaqta was providing Jabareen first aid after he was hit during the shootout. The Jenin wing of PIJ claimed to have targeted Israeli troops in the city with gunfire and explosives. The Rescuers Without Borders emergency service said two soldiers were lightly hurt after their jeep was targeted with an IED during the raid. One was taken to a hospital, while the other did not require further treatment, the service said. The IDF said the hospitalized soldier’s family was notified. The IDF said troops seized several firearms, weapon parts, and kabooms in the camp during the raid, and arrested one person suspected of involvement in terror activities. Paleostinian media said troops sought to arrest a senior PIJ member in the camp, Khaled Abu Zina, although he was not home at the time, and instead two of his sons were detained. The IDF said nine more Paleostinians were arrested elsewhere across the West Bank overnight. They were all taken to be questioned by the Shin Bet security agency. Related: Jenin: 2023-01-18 Palestinian gunman shot dead in attack against troops in southern West Bank — IDF Jenin: 2023-01-17 Bullet slams into northern West Bank settlement home in suspected attack Jenin: 2023-01-17 Palestinian teen, 14, killed in clashes with IDF; 19 arrested in West Bank Posted by: trailing wife 2023-01-20 |
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