Palestinian killed in IDF operation
Three Palestinians wounded Wednesday afternoon from IDF fire in town of Kabatiya; earlier, gunmen killed in town by IDF soldiers
Palestinians said that the terrorist killed was a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, the Fatah military wing.
The IDF soldiers who besieged the man's house exchanged fire with him, and he was ultimately shot to death. IDF officials said that the soldiers were in the area as part of an operation against terror infrastructures in the town.
Later, in another IDF operation in Kabatiya, soldiers identified three Palestinian gunmen who opened fire at them. The soldiers fired back and the three were wounded.
Their situation was unclear, but eye witnesses reported that they were evacuated by ambulance for medical treatment.
Soldier killed in raid
Early Wednesday, an IDF soldier was seriously wounded and later died of his wounds in an overnight arrest raids near the West Bank town of Jenin, the army said.
Sergeant Yonatan Evron, 20, from Rishon Letzion, was killed in exchanges of fire between soldiers and Palestinian terrorists. He will be laid to rest in the military cemetery in Rishon Letzion at 3.30 p.m.
IDF troops conducted a number of successful raids overnight in the Jenin area where a senior Islamic Jihad terrorist was arrested and transferred for questioning.
Around 3 a.m. troops came under fire as they were making their way out of the village where the suspect was apprehended. Sergeant Evron was seriously wounded and died in a military helicopter before arriving to hospital.
Two other Islamic Jihad terrorists were arrested overnight near Ramallah and south of Jenin. Palestinians hurled three explosive devices at troops operating in Ramallah, yet no one was injured and no damage was caused.
Roee Nahmias contributed to the report
