IDF arrests 2 in Nablus suspected of attack on soldiers; 2 gunmen killed in firefight
Troops exchange fire with armed men in Palestinian city; Ezz Touqan and Nidal Tabanjeh detained over drive-by shooting that injured 2 soldiers in March
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Two Palestinians suspected of carrying out a drive-by shooting attack on IDF soldiers in the town of Huwara in March were arrested by IDF forces in Nablus Monday morning, the army said.
Soldiers operating in the Northern West Bank city on Monday were met with gunfire and responded. In the exchange, two Palestinian gunmen were killed, multiple media reports said.
The military said it confiscated the vehicle used in the March attack, as well as a weapon, ammunition and other “military equipment.”
The two arrested men were identified by Palestinian media as Ezz Touqan and Nidal Tabanjeh.
In a separate incident, IDF forces arrested an individual suspected of involvement in terrorist activity in the central West Bank village of Wadi Siman.
No IDF soldiers were injured in either operation.
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In late March two Israeli soldiers were wounded in a drive-by shooting attack in the northern West Bank town of Huwara.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the two soldiers were hit by gunfire while securing the Route 60 highway in the town, south of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Huwara has seen multiple Palestinian shooting attacks on Israelis in recent weeks, as well as settler attacks on Palestinians.
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