IDF says it has destroyed 11 improvised bombs along roads of Jenin refugee camp

The Israel Defense Forces says troops located and destroyed at least 11 improvised explosive devices hidden along roads in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank.

Operatives of terror groups “are planting IEDs and bombs on the roads in the refugee camp and in the city, in a civilian environment. This poses a threat to the security forces who use the roads in counterterrorism activities and to innocent people who also use them,” the IDF says in a statement.

The military says that during the last few hours, dozens of combat engineering vehicles have been combing the streets for such IEDs.

The armored vehicles are also flattening makeshift roadblocks placed by Palestinian gunmen in the refugee camp, the IDF says.

הדבר מהווה איום על כוחות הביטחון שמשתמשים בכבישים בפעילות לסיכול טרור ועל חפים מפשע שמתשמשים בהם גם הם.

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