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Thursday, January 25, 2024
Palestinian gunman killed during West Bank arrest raid — police
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Police say undercover officers killed a Palestinian gunman and arrested a second during a raid in the northern West Bank this morning.
Border Police officers operated in the village of Bir al-Basha, close to Jenin to arrest two wanted Palestinians.
The pair, brothers, are suspected of previously shooting at Israeli forces, police say.
Police say that during the operation, one of the wanted Palestinians came out of a building armed with an assault rifle and opened fire at the officers.
The Border Police officers returned fire, killing the gunman, and seized his weapon. The second wanted Palestinian was detained, police say.
No Israeli casualties are reported by police or the IDF.
The IDF says troops detained another 16 wanted Palestinians during overnight raids across the West Bank.
In Jenin, the IDF says engineering vehicles uncovered explosives hidden under roads in the area, as troops arrested seven terror suspects.
Troops returned fire at Palestinian gunmen and seized weapons in the city, the army says.
Since October 7, troops have arrested more than 2,700 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,300 affiliated with Hamas. According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, more than 300 West Bank Palestinians have been killed in that time.
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