Many armed Palestinians located in the Casba of Nablus are laying down their arms and surrendering themselves to IDF forces. IDF forces are continuing their searches and uncovering weaponry caches and laboratories for the production of explosives. These activities are aimed at dismantling the Palestinian terrorist infrastructure in the city.
Last evening, Palestinian terrorists fired shots and threw hand grenades from Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity compound at two IDF positions in Manger Square. The grenades, combined with the shots, caused fires in a number of buildings in the compound. The IDF assisted Palestinian firemen to eventually extinguish the flames. As a result of the Palestinian gunfire, two Israeli Border Policemen were wounded, one seriously and one moderately. While evacuating the wounded policemen from the area, Israeli forces returned fire, killing one of the terrorists. It should be emphasized that there was no deployment of tear gas against the terrorists holed up in the church, but rather only smoke grenades. These were used by IDF soldiers in order to facilitate the evacuation of the casualties, which was carried out under heavy fire.
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