Israeli forces raided foreign exchange and money transfer agencies in Ramallah and other cities in the West Bank on Thursday, seizing millions of dollars suspected of being intended to fund the Islamist group Hamas, the military said.
At least one person was killed and 14 others were wounded in a clash between Israeli troops and Palestinians in the center of Ramallah, the main city in the West Bank and the seat of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian health ministry said.
An Israeli military statement said police, army and Shin Bet security personnel carried out the raids across the West Bank, making 21 arrests in Ramallah as well as Tulkarm and Jenin, in the northern West Bank and Hebron in the south.
"During the operation, terrorist funds were found and tens of millions of shekels, safes, documents, recording systems and telephones were confiscated," it said.
As well as financial service providers, the operation also targeted cryptographic currencies, with a special cyber crimes unit taking part in the investigation, the military said.
Clashes also broke out in several other locations. The Israeli military said its soldiers opened fire after explosives, petrol bombs and rocks were thrown at them.
In Jenin, an Israeli aircraft fired on militants who had attacked troops, it said.
IDF activity in Gaza
In Gaza, combat soldiers in the 401st Combat Brigade operated in the northern Gaza City district of Tuffah, eliminating Hamas terrorists on the ground and by air in conjunction with the IAF.
Israeli infantry destroyed terrorist infrastructure inside a building from which missiles had been launched at Israeli forces shortly beforehand.
Soldiers in the 14th Division located a weapons cache in a home in Gaza after an exchange of fire with Hamas terrorists.
IDF naval forces continued to provide fire support to troops operating on the ground in the Gaza Strip.