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Israeli forces staged a daylight raid into Jenin within the occupied West Bank focusing on the suspect within the killing of two Jewish settlers, leaving the suspect and at the least 5 different Palestinian males lifeless, officers on each side mentioned Tuesday.
The Israel Defense Forces named the suspect as Abdul-Fattah Hussein Kharousha and described him as a “Hamas terrorist operative.” The Palestinian Ministry of Health recognized Kharousha, 49, as being among the many six killed in Jenin. The different 5 have been all males of their 20s, the ministry mentioned, and at the least 11 others have been injured.
Hamas issued a short assertion saying it “mourns the martyrs of the heroic Jenin camp,” however didn’t instantly declare Kharousha as a member.
IDF forces carried out a separate raid within the West Bank metropolis of Nablus on the similar time to arrest two sons of Kharousha, they mentioned. They are “suspected of aiding and planning in the terror attack,” the army mentioned, including that they’re in custody for questioning.
The raid is at the least the third to happen in daylight this yr. The earlier two – one in Jenin and one in Nablus – every resulted in 11 Palestinian fatalities, together with militants being focused by the Israel Defense Forces, individuals clashing with the Israeli forces, and bystanders.
Jewish settler brothers Hillel Yaniv, 21 and Yagel Yaniv, 19, have been shot lifeless as they drove by way of Huwara within the West Bank on February 26. They lived within the close by Israeli settlement of Har Bracha.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned the operation had “today killed the abominable terrorist who murdered in cold blood the two lovely brothers Hillel and Yagel Yaniv.” Netanyahu completed a short video assertion by including: “As I say again and again, time and time again: whoever hurts us – his blood will be on his own head.”
During Tuesday’s raid in Jenin refugee camp, IDF forces surrounded Kharousha’s home, got here beneath hearth, and responded with shoulder-fired missiles, an IDF official informed Act Daily News.
Two IDF troopers have been injured within the operation, together with one with doubtlessly life-threatening accidents, the official mentioned, including that IDF forces had “trouble” leaving Jenin as a result of burning tires and roadblocks. The official requested to not be named briefing Act Daily News on data which has not but been launched publicly.
Source: www.cnn.com