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Thursday, December 14, 2023
IDF wraps up Jenin counter-terror operation after 60 hours, seizes weapons and explosive devices
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says that after 60 hours it has wrapped up its counter-terrorism operation in the northern West Bank’s Jenin and adjacent refugee camp.
According to the IDF, the troops scanned hundreds of buildings, arrested 60 wanted Palestinians, and seized 50 weapons and hundreds of explosive devices.
The IDF says the troops also found more than 10 tunnel shafts, seven labs used to manufacture explosive devices, and five war rooms used by local terror operatives to monitor IDF operations. Some of the sites were blown up by the troops.
Amid the lengthy raid, the IDF says it carried out two drone strikes against groups of armed Palestinians hurling explosive devices and shooting at troops.
It says 10 armed Palestinians were killed during the raid, including seven in the drone strikes, and others were wounded.
Seven IDF soldiers were lightly hurt in the operation, it adds.
Separately, in other areas of the West Bank, the IDF says it detained 14 wanted Palestinians, including three Hamas members, in overnight raids.
Footage shows the IDF detonating a building in Jenin where many explosive devices were found pic.twitter.com/oJIaNEh6Bt
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) December 14, 2023
