Tel Aviv: The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) reported that 12 terrorists were killed, more than ten wanted terrorists were arrested, dozens of explosives were destroyed and weapons were confiscated in an anti-terrorist operation carried out with Border Police and the Shin Bet (Israel's anti-terror General Security Service) in Jenin and Tulkarm that lasted for 30 hours.
The IDF units involved in the operation included combat engineers, paratroopers, and the Duvdevan special forces unit.
Five of the terrorists eliminated were hiding in a mosque in Tulkarm and were killed in a firefight. Among them was Muhammad Jaber - also known as "Abu Shahja'a" - the leader of terrorist activity in Nur Shams.
Amid the operation, the Duvdevan fighters under the direction of the Shin Bet found with the use of a drone an explosives laboratory and an operations centre located inside a mosque.
During the operation, one IDF soldier was moderately injured and another was lightly wounded. The soldiers were evacuated to receive medical treatment at a hospital and their families were informed.
—ANI