The IDF carried out an aerial strike on a target in the Nur Shams camp in Tulkarm, the IDF confirmed on Sunday evening.
The operation was conducted in coordination between the IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), which saw the elimination of Saeed Jabbar, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist.
Jabbar was a terrorist operative who directed terrorist plots and was involved in a series of shooting and explosive attacks against civilians and IDF soldiers, as well as the intention to further attack and create more terrorist infrastructure.
Ensuing weeks of violence
In the past week, several wanted individuals were thwarted following involvement in carrying out shooting attacks and other attacks using explosives in the West Bank and the border between Israel and the West Bank, including a shooting near Bat Hefer.
Terrorists were also involved in the attack on the late Amnon Mokhtar, an Israeli citizen in his 60s who entered Kalkilya on last week with his car was shot dead by local residents.