[IsraelTimes] An Israeli drone strike has reportedly hit a group of Palestinian terror operatives in Jenin tonight, as the IDF’s search and arrest operation in the West Bank city continues to stretch and is close to its 40th hour.According to Hebrew media, the operatives were hurling explosive devices at Israeli security forces carrying out the arrest raid in the city. Palestinian media sources report that a number of people were killed.
The operation, during which troops have so far detained hundreds of suspects and seized weapons, began Tuesday, also with an IDF drone strike on terror operatives hurling explosives. Four operatives were killed.
Earlier from the Times of Israel:
The IDF says a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin is still ongoing after some 30 hours, during which troops have detained hundreds of suspects and seized weapons.Reservist troops and Border Police officers have so far scanned around 400 buildings in the Jenin refugee camp.
The army says four soldiers were maimed by shrapnel following a controlled explosion. They were hospitalized with minor injuries.
According to the IDF, troops have so far detained hundreds of wanted Paleostinians for questioning and seized more than 30 weapons, ammunition, and other equipment.
It adds that the forces also destroyed six labs used by local terror groups to manufacture bombs, along with numerous explosives, several tunnel shafts, and four war rooms used by operatives to observe IDF operations.
In other areas of the West Bank, the IDF says troops detained 17 wanted Paleostinians and seized firearms.
| Update from the Times of Israel at 2:45 a.m. ET: |
The report names them as Ahmad Jamal Abu Zaina, 27, and teenager Bashar Haytham Abu Zaid.
Ten others were injured, at least three of them seriously, as the IDF’s search and arrest operation in the West Bank city nears its 48th hour.