Four soldiers injured, one seriously, in Nablus firefight
3 other members of Duvdevan unit moderately hurt during battle, gunman killed ; terror operative slain amid series of raids across West Bank, 6 suspects arrested
A commando was seriously wounded during clashes in the West Bank overnight, the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday, and three other troops in the Duvdevan unit were moderately hurt in a firefight in the Balata refugee camp adjacent to Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Troops had been attempting to make an arrest at a building in the camp as part of an operation that began Sunday night, when they were fired on from inside. One gunman was killed and another wounded, according to the IDF.
Forces found IEDs, a pistol, ammunition, and weapons parts in civilian buildings in the area, including a cafe and stores, the statement said.
Elsewhere, the army said, troops killed a Palestinian accused by Israel of planning and carrying out attacks on troops in the area. A statement from the army said Abed Shaheen had recently attempted to put together a cell to attack soldiers near Nablus. During the operation security forces seized weapons used by the gunman, the statement said.
The Palestinian Authority health ministry confirmed Shaheen’s death and said he was 33.
Six suspects were arrested during overnight raids in the northern West Bank town of Silwad, the army said.
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Troops also operated in the towns of Dayr Ibzi’ and Kafr Ni’ma and two guns were found in the town of Bani Naim, the IDF said.
The Israeli military intensified its near-daily raids across the West Bank in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 attack, in operations aimed at dismantling Palestinian terror groups including Hamas.
Since October 7, troops have arrested some 5,250 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 2,050 affiliated with Hamas.
According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, more than 716 West Bank Palestinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were gunmen killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops or terrorists carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 33 people, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another six members of the security forces were killed in clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank.
