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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian teen killed in IDF raid in northern West Bank; 23 suspects arrested
2023-02-15
[IsraelTimes] Military says Mahmoud al-Aydi, 17, shot while approaching forces with explosive in hand; troops come under fire near Homesh outpost

A Paleostinian teenager was killed in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday as Israeli troops carried out arrest raids in a northern West Bank refugee camp, Paleostinian health officials said.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, troops detained two wanted Paleostinian in the Faraa refugee camp near the northeastern city of Tubas, when a suspect approached troops with an bomb.

The IDF said troops shot up the Paleostinian, adding that he was hit.

The Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry said 17-year-old Mahmoud al-Aydi was fatally struck in the head by the soldiers’ bullets.

The camp is home to a recently formed gang affiliated with 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.

Images circulating online showed al-Aydi posing with an assault rifle. However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken...
no armed factions immediately claimed him as a member.

The IDF said troops detained another 21 terror suspects and seized several firearms in other areas of the West Bank during the overnight raids, with violent mostly peaceful incidents occurring in some areas.

Paleostinian button men opened fire overnight from a passing vehicle at a military checkpoint guarding the illegal Homesh outpost, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the IDF said.

No soldiers were hurt in the drive-by attack, and troops found several shell casings nearby, the military added.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
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