Jenin: IDF kills wanted Palestinian
Islamic Jihad member shot dead during gun battle with soldiers. Three Qassams fired at Israel; no injuries
IDF forces shot dead early Tuesday an armed Palestinian in al-Yamon, near Jenin; army officials said the Palestinian was a wanted terror suspect.
Palestinian sources said soldiers arrived at the home of the suspect, later identified as Samer Farihat of the al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad’s armed wing, in order to detain him. Exchanges of gunfire ensued, and Farihat was killed.
According to the suspect’s family, the IDF did not permit an ambulance to transfer the Palestinian’s body from the Jenin hospital to his home village of al-Yamon.
Earlier it was reported that Palestinians in north Gaza fired three Qassam rockets toward the western Negev area. No injuries or damage were reported.
Also on Tuesday, IDF forces apprehended nine wanted Palestinian terror suspects throughout the West Bank. During the operation to seize four suspects in Nablus, Palestinians opened fire at the soldiers, but no injuries were reported.
Three Tanzim members were detained in Qalqilya and Ramallah; in Bethlehem soldiers apprehended a Hamas member and another Palestinian who was carrying two knives, clubs and a sword in his car.
As Israelis cast their ballots, police forces are on the highest state of alert, as the defense establishment is dealing with 85 terror warnings, 14 of them concrete.
Islamic Jihad is the prime culprit and intends to carry out attacks using the group's terror cells in the northern West Bank, officials said.
Security authorities ordered a massive deployment that started at around 6 a.m. Tuesday, an hour before the polling stations opened. Police across the nation moved to an emergency deployment, with about 22,000 police and Border Guard officers sent to secure Israeli communities while reinforcing areas near the Green Line and the Jerusalem region.
Ali Waked contributed to the report
