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Palestinian teens killed in accidental blast while handling explosives
[IsraelTimes] 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...
 names fatalities in Balata refugee camp, day after group claimed credit for Jenin roadside kaboom that maimed Israeli troops

At least two Paleostinian teens were killed late Tuesday when explosives they were handling accidentally blew up near Nablus in the restive northern West Bank, Paleostinians.

The Islamic Jihad terror group announced the deaths in a statement of condolence Tuesday, a day after claiming responsibility for a massive roadside kaboom that maimed eight soldiers.

The two fatalities were named by the group as 17-year-old Mohammed Hashah and 18-year-old Alaa Hafnawi. A third person was critically maimed in the blast, according to Paleostinian media.

The explosion took place in the Balata refugee camp, a cramped warren of buildings and alleys adjacent to Nablus. Along with Jenin, the city has been the focus of a year-long military offensive focused on stemming terror emanating from the northern West Bank.

On Monday, troops who entered Jenin to arrest a pair of Paleostinian suspects were caught in intense festivities, during which they were targeted by bombs, including a large roadside kaboom that hit a military jeep, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

The local Islamic Jihad wing, known as the Jenin Battalion, claimed its members had detonated bombs near IDF vehicles and then targeted them with gunfire.

The IDF said that "as the security forces exited the city, a military vehicle was hit by an bomb, damaging the vehicle."

Footage shared by Paleostinian media outlets showed the roadside kaboom being detonated next to Israeli army vehicles that were engulfed in smoke. Another clip showed the IDF vehicles coming under fire. Gunfire and explosions could be heard across the city in other clips shared online.

Eight soldiers and Border Police officers were maimed in the roadside blast and gunfire, the IDF and police said. The IDF deployed a helicopter gunship for air cover to evacuate the maimed troops — the first time in decades that air strikes were launched against the West Bank.

Last month, Paleostinians in Nablus set off a large makeshift bomb against an Israeli military convoy that was wrapping up an operation, lightly injuring one soldier.

Footage published online showed the bomb exploding as an army jeep passed a makeshift roadblock set up by Paleostinians.

The Nablus-based Lion’s Den terror group grabbed credit for setting off the bomb, as well as opening fire on troops as they left the city following an arrest raid.
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