In the West Bank, the Israeli army announces that it has killed “five terrorists hiding in a mosque”

The Israeli army claimed on Thursday, August 29, to have killed “Five terrorists hiding in a mosque” in the West Bank city of Tulkarem on the second day of“anti-terrorist operation” carried out by the Jewish State in several cities and refugee camps in the north of the occupied Palestinian territory.

“ One of the terrorists eliminated was Muhamad Jabber, “Abu Shujaa”, leader of a terrorist network in Nur Shams. (…), Jabber was involved in numerous terrorist attacks, including a shooting in which an Israeli civilian, Amnon Muchtar, was killed in June. Jabber was also involved in planning other terrorist attacks. Another terrorist operative was arrested by police »the Israeli army wrote on Telegram. “During the anti-terror operation, one Israeli Border Police soldier was lightly injured. He was evacuated to a hospital for further medical treatment.”the military also write.

On Wednesday, the Israeli military said it had “deleted” Nine Palestinian fighters were killed after launching columns of armoured vehicles overnight on Jenin, Tulkarem, Toubas and their refugee camps. Israeli raids on Palestinian autonomous areas are a daily occurrence in the West Bank. However, it is rare for them to take place simultaneously in several cities as occurred during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. In recent weeks, Israeli operations in the West Bank have focused on the north of the territory, where armed groups fighting against Israel are particularly active.