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2 Palestinians killed in firefight with IDF troops in West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian 1 March 2022, 6:48 am Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Two Palestinians are killed in a gun battle near the West Bank city of Jenin overnight.

Israel Police say undercover Border Police officers came under fire while arresting a “terror suspect” in the Jenin refugee camp.

Troops returned fire, police say. After arresting the suspect and reaching their vehicles, the officers came under fire again and shot back.

As the officers left the refugee camp, dozens of Palestinians hurled stones, Molotov cocktails, and a makeshift grenade at the officers, who responded with “riot dispersal means and live fire,” police say.

Palestinian media identifies the two fatalities as 19-year-old Shadi Najm, and 22-year-old Abdullah al-Housri.

Images show Al-Housri’s body wrapped in the flag of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group. The group did not immediately claim him as a member.

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