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IDF launches counterterror op in Tulkarem after morning airstrike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Shortly after an IDF drone strike in Tulkarem this morning, Israeli troops entered the West Bank city to carry out a counterterrorism operation, a military source says.
There are ongoing exchanges of fire between IDF troops and gunmen in the area.
Five Palestinians, including a local Hamas commander, were killed in the drone strike.