The IDF conducted the most extensive counterterror operation in the West Bank in several months, the military reported on Wednesday morning.
The Israel Border Police, the ISA, and the IDF initiated a counterterrorism operation in Jenin and Tulkarem in response to the attempted suicide bombing attack in Tel Aviv on August 18. The operation involved hundreds of IDF troops with extensive coordinated air support.
In the area of Jenin, the IAF eliminated three armed terrorists who posed a threat to the security forces in an aerial strike.
The security forces eliminated two additional armed terrorists, detained wanted suspects, and confiscated military equipment, weapons, and ammunition.
Explosives that were planted beneath roads in the areas of Jenin and Tulkarm, intended to be detonated in attacks against the security forces, were exposed and dismantled by the IDF.
Meanwhile, the IAF conducted an additional operation in the area of Al Far’a, south of Jenin, striking four armed terrorists who had been involved in terror activities and had posed a threat to the security forces.
A spokesman for the Red Crescent confirmed that 10 Palestinians had been killed during the operation and 15 others wounded.
Menashe Brigade in counterterrorism operation in the West Bank on August 28, 2024. (credit: IDF spokesperson unit)
Additionally, Israeli media reported IDF operations at the Ibn Sinai Hospital.
Drone strike killed five on Monday
Previously in Tulkarm, the IDF killed five in a drone strike on a terror operations room in the Nur al-Shams refugee camp on Monday.
The IDF confirmed that one of those killed was a terrorist released in the latest hostage deal in November 2023.
Throughout a 14-hour operation in Tulkarm in late August, three terrorists were killed by the Israeli air force, and the IDF destroyed laboratories producing explosives.
Additionally, Duvdevan unit soldiers destroyed an apartment of a wanted individual while arresting another. The IDF also destroyed explosives planted along the side of the road.
This is a developing story.
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