On the intervening night of August 28 and 29, Israeli forces killed five Palestinian terrorists who were hiding in a mosque in the West Bank city of Tulkarem as per reports. The dead terrorists included a local terror leader, the IDF, police and Shin Bet say.
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had launched a large-scale operation in the city of Tulkarem on August 28. Along with that, reportedly, troops are also operating in the city of Jenin and the Far’a camp near Tubas as part of the operation. A day earlier, Palestinian media had reported that 11 Palestinians have been killed during the ongoing IDF operation, means the toll has now risen to 16 after neutralisation of these 5 terrorists.
In the West Bank city of Tulkarem, troops of Israel Border Police’s elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit battled a group of terrorists who had been holed up in a mosque, following intelligence of their whereabouts provided by the Shin Bet, the joint statement by Israel Security Forces says.
Reportedly, among the dead is Muhammad Jaber, known as Abu Shuja’a, who had been previously reported by Palestinian media to be the commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s local wing.
على طريق أبو خديجة وأبو لبدة، يرتقي قائد كتيبة طولكرم محمد جابر "أبو شجاع" بعد عملية غادرة من جيش الاحتلال، رحمك الله يا بطل. pic.twitter.com/35EFbTXhJH
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The Shin Bet says that Mohammed Jaber was involved in planning and directing many terror attacks, including the killing of Amnon Muchtar in a terror attack in Qalqilya in June. One of the terrorists was also arrested in the operation.
