A Border Police officer was seriously wounded in a firefight with terrorists as Israeli forces eliminated a senior terrorist in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Tulkarm on Sunday, according to a joint statement by the IDF, Shin Bet, and Border Police.
Undercover Border Police units operated under the guidance of Shin Bet intelligence and in cooperation with the IDF to arrest Ahmad Fayez Al-Awfi, a commander in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades suspected of being involved in several shooting attacks and the murder of Tulkarm residents suspected of collaborating with Israeli forces.
While attempting to arrest Awfi, a firefight erupted, during which the terrorist was eliminated. Israeli forces also exchanged fire with other terrorists during the raid, eliminating another terrorist identified by Palestinian media as Nabil Atta Muhammad Amer.
During the exchange of fire, a Border Police officer was seriously wounded and transferred to the hospital for medical treatment.
Senior Hamas terrorist arrested in Ramallah
Additionally, overnight, a senior Hamas terrorist was arrested by Israeli forces in Ramallah.
In Balata, near Nablus, IDF soldiers arrested two suspects, and in the area under the responsibility of the Yehuda Brigade, several suspects were questioned.
Since the beginning of the war, over 3,100 suspects have been arrested in the West Bank, including over 1,350 associated with Hamas.
Additionally, on Sunday, Israel Police entered Shuafat and sealed off the house of the terrorist who conducted the shooting attack near Bnei Re'im in southern Israel on Friday.
The commander of the police's Jerusalem District, Doron Turgeman, instructed the relevant authorities to advance the procedures required to demolish the terrorist's home as quickly as possible.
Additionally, on Sunday, Israel Police announced that three residents of the Silwan neighborhood in east Jerusalem who support Hamas were arrested in recent weeks.
The activities they are suspected of include, among other things, shooting fireworks, throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at security forces, and throwing explosives and stones at vehicles.
At the end of the investigation, a prosecutor's statement was submitted in preparation for filing an indictment against them, the police added.