Jerusalem
CNN
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Israeli forces staged a daylight raid into Jenin within the occupied West Financial institution concentrating on the suspect within the killing of two Jewish settlers, leaving the suspect and not less than 5 different Palestinian males useless, officers on either side mentioned Tuesday.
The Israel Protection Forces named the suspect as Abdul-Fattah Hussein Kharousha and described him as a “Hamas terrorist operative.” The Palestinian Ministry of Well being recognized Kharousha, 49, as being among the many six killed in Jenin. The opposite 5 have been all males of their 20s, the ministry mentioned, and not less than 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 Financial institution metropolis of Nablus on the identical time to arrest two sons of Kharousha, they mentioned. They’re “suspected of aiding and planning within the terror assault,” the army mentioned, including that they’re in custody for questioning.
The raid is not less than 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 Protection Forces, individuals clashing with the Israeli forces, and bystanders.
Jewish settler brothers Hillel Yaniv, 21 and Yagel Yaniv, 19, have been shot useless as they drove via Huwara within the West Financial institution on February 26. They lived within the close by Israeli settlement of Har Bracha.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned the operation had “as we speak killed the abominable terrorist who murdered in chilly blood the 2 beautiful brothers Hillel and Yagel Yaniv.” Netanyahu completed a short video assertion by including: “As I say many times, time and time once more: whoever hurts us – his blood might be on his personal head.”
Throughout Tuesday’s raid in Jenin refugee camp, IDF forces surrounded Kharousha’s home, got here below hearth, and responded with shoulder-fired missiles, an IDF official instructed CNN.
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 “bother” leaving Jenin as a consequence of burning tires and roadblocks. The official requested to not be named briefing CNN on info which has not but been launched publicly.
