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.
Troops of the Duvdevan commando unit, Shin Bet agents, and other IDF soldiers killed two Palestinian gunmen in the Wadi Burqin area near the West Bank city of Jenin, a short while ago, a military source says.
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
IDF forces continued fighting in northern Samaria as part of Operation Iron Wall overnight Thursday, targeting terrorism in the Jenin area under the Menashe Brigade’s jurisdiction.
Operation Iron Wall begins with drone strikes on terror infrastructure; large numbers of troops enter city; 10 Palestinians said killed, 40 wounded
PA health authorities report 6 dead and several injured in Israeli strike in Jenin, the first such Israeli action in Jenin since the PA began its operations against terrorists in the city.
Palestinian Authority security forces exited the area following a month-long operation of its own against local Palestinian terror groups.
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
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Israel Defense Forces said that Israeli security forces had begun a massive operation to dismantle terrorist infrastructure in Jenin, northern Samaria. The operation, known as the "Iron Wall," consists of IDF soldiers,
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.