IDF carries out drone strike on gunmen attacking troops in West Bank’s Nur Shams camp
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says it carried out a drone strike against a group of Palestinian gunmen who were shooting and hurling explosives at troops during an overnight raid in the West Bank’s Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem.
During the operation, IDF reservists and Border Police officers detained five wanted Palestinians in the camp, and seized weapons.
Several explosive devices planted underneath and on the sides of roads in Nur Shams were uncovered and destroyed by combat engineers, the IDF says.
Palestinian gunmen opened fire and hurled explosives at the soldiers, who returned fire. In one incident, IEDs were thrown at the forces from a mosque, the IDF says.
The IDF says the drone strike was carried out after gunmen had endangered the troops. Several of the gunmen were wounded in the strike, and during scans of the area afterward, forces found firearms and explosives, the IDF says.
Since October 7, troops have arrested more than 2,550 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,300 affiliated with Hamas.
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