On the night between Wednesday and Thursday, an elite Israeli unit entered a village near Jenin and exited in less than an hour, while arresting a number of terrorists and killing two leaders within the Jenin Battalion when militants began a firefight with the soldiers. A little before 2:00 in the morning, an undercover unit of the “Duvdevan” brigade entered the village along with a force of the “Haruv” patrol belonging to the Kfir brigade.
The operation began with Duvdevan entering the home of Islamic Jihad operative Wassem Faiz who led shooting attacks in Samaria and planned to detonate a car bomb. Faiz was arrested without resistance, but then the forces encountered a massive amount of fire coming from gunmen nearby. Faiz is suspected of being the terrorist behind the planning of a car bomb attack in the Mevo Dotan area a week and a half ago. The car exploded before its scheduled time.
The Lions' Den has issued a statement claiming responsibility for shooting at IDF checkpoints in the West Bank on Wednesday and Thursday. The claims are a far cry from a couple of months ago when shooting attacks would occur on a daily basis.
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The Israel Defense Forces soldiers who entered the village returned fire at the gunmen who opened fire and during the exchange, two leaders of the Jenin Batallion were neutralized, Muhammad al-Saadi and Na'im Zubeidi. Saadi was a known commander responsible for arming activists and shooting attacks, and Zabeidi was also involved in numerous shooting attacks. Besides them, 10 other armed men from the Palestinian Authority-controlled village were injured. There were no casualties among the soldiers, who left the village a little before 3:00 in the morning.
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Interim Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, congratulated the forces for their successful operation, saying that "precisely in these stormy days when irresponsible parties are trying to drag the IDF into an extremist debate and incite soldiers against their commanders, I want to express my appreciation to the security forces." Lapid added that "this is the way Fighting terrorism is the way to protect the citizens of Israel."
The secretary of the Fatah movement in Jenin, Ata Abu-Ramila, announced a general strike in the city. He also referred to the arrest of a Hamas operative that took place Tuesday in the town of Abed, near Jenin, during which one gunman was killed in an exchange of fire, and said that "we mourn the martyrs of Jenin and Abed refugee camp."
Palestinian Islamic Jihad member Muhammed al-Sa'di in an ambulance after being mortally wounded by Israeli security forces' gunfire. pic.twitter.com/vPSyH3hxrO
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The latest mission is part of a months-long operation called “Breaking Waves”. The IDF launched the operation designed to eradicate the terrorist infrastructure in Judea and Samaria following the series of attacks in March, which killed 11 and injured dozens. During the operation.
