Elite troops killed head of a north West Bank terror network, police say; Palestinian media: Target a senior Islamic Jihad member

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

Officers of the elite Yamam unit killed the head of a terror network in the northern West Bank town of Tamun overnight, police say.

Also in the joint operation carried out by Yamam officers and IDF troops, two wanted Palestinians, part of the same network, were detained, the military and police add.

The terror operative, Raeq Basharat, is identified by Palestinian media as a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

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