Over ten terrorists were killed, and about 20 wanted terrorists were arrested, along with countless weapons and combat equipment getting confiscated.
Terror cannot be defeated solely by defensive actions, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen Bar said during a situational assessment in the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday with IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi. “We are in a multi-front campaign—but right now, it’s Samaria’s time," he asserted.
An IDF investigation revealed that the terrorists who carried out the Funduq attack came from the Jenin and Qabatiya areas in northern Samaria, with two of them being known to defense officials. The military post at the entrance to the village, which is not permanently manned, was empty for about half an hour before the murder.
Israeli forces expanded their deadly assault on Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Friday, marking the fourth consecutive day of the ongoing invasion.
During a counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank on Friday evening, the Israeli air force struck a vehicle in the Qabatia neighborhood of the Palestinian village of Jenin, the IDF and Shin Bet announced in a joint statement.
The IDF, Shin Bet, and Border Police have launched an operation to counter threats in Jenin.
West Bank terrorist groups are a persistent and evolving security challenge for Israel and the Palestinian Authority. These groups’ numbers, arsenals, and capabilities have expanded dramatically since an initial surge of terrorist activity in June 2021.
Hamas confirms Qutaiba al-Shalabi and Mohammed Nazal carried out attack; defense minister says Gaza lessons being applied in West Bank amid major Jenin operation
In the third day of Israel's military offensive, residents are enduring forced displacement, arrests and field executions, with hospitals under siege
Reports said that Palestinian Authority security forces, which launched an operation against Hamas and other terrorists in the northern West Bank city, withdrew as Israeli forces entered
At least 10 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 40 injured by Israeli forces during a major operation in the Jenin area in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says.
Israeli forces, on Wednesday near Jenin, night killed two Palestinian gunmen who were involved in a terror attack earlier this month that left three