An IDF soldier was seriously injured overnight Wednesday after an explosive device was hurled at security forces conducting operations in the Jenin Refugee Camp to arrest two wanted Hamas activists.
The soldier, from the paratroopers brigade, was evacuated in a helicopter to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, where his condition was reported to have improved to light-to-moderate.
Operations in Jenin
By Thursday morning, the IDF was still examining whether his injuries were caused by gunshots.
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IDF forces discover weapons-producing machinery (Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
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In a separate overnight operation, security forces conducted a sweep in which nine wanted Palestinian suspects were arrested in the West Bank and raided a workshop containing 8 weapons-producing machines in Hebron.
In addition, IDF forces entered the home of the terrorist who shot at soldiers from a travelling vehicle near Ramallah on Wednesday evening.
The shooting attack took place approximately one hour after another terrorist attempted to ram his car into a number of pedestrians waiting at a bus stop Kokhav Ya’akov, apparently intent on stabbing them after running them over.
Yoav Zitun, Elisha Ben Kimon, Ahiya Raved and Elior Levi contributed to this report.