Five terrorists were neutralized, and explosives labs were destroyed by Israeli security forces in the West Bank, the IDF said on Wednesday.
Over the past two days, IDF, Border Police, and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) forces conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Jenin. As part of the operation, they eliminated five terrorists and seized weapons, the military said.
Additionally, four explosive labs, an operations center, and dozens of explosives were destroyed.
A total of seven wanted persons were arrested.
Near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, four wanted suspects were arrested, weapons were confiscated, and dozens of other suspects were questioned.
Additional operations in the Qabatiya area
Undercover Border Police soldiers, along with the IDF and the Shin Bet, eliminated three terrorists, including one wanted person, in the city of Qabatiya in the Jenin area in the West Bank, the Israel Police said in a statement on Wednesday.
The wanted person, who was the target of the operation, had previously carried out several terrorist attacks and was planning to carry out another attack in the immediate future against Israeli citizens, the police said.
During the raid, the wanted person attempted to escape from the roof of the house towards another house nearby while two additional terrorists hid with him and barricaded themselves, firing at the soldiers.
The undercover soldiers used missiles, grenades, and gunfire to eliminate the three terrorists.