IDF spokesman: In five areas at the same time: the operation in northern Samaria continues - 10 armed terrorists were eliminated from the ground and from the air, a car bomb, explosives laboratories, a liaison officer and a high command officer were destroyed
During a prolonged operation in the Tulkarem and Nur-A Shams areas, the forces of the Kfir infantry, the Border Police and the Shin Bet eliminated terrorists in airstrikes and another terrorist was eliminated in a face-to-face exchange of fire. One of the terrorists who were eliminated is the terrorist Muhammad Abu Atiya, suspected of killing the Navy fighter, the late Major Maxim Rizkov on October 19, 2023. In addition, the forces hit about 15 other terrorists.
In the area of Tubas, Tamon and Fara, the forces of the Bekaa and Emekim Brigade, the Lions of the Jordan, Kfir, Duvdevan fighters in the reserves, the Shin Bet, the Border Police, and on the side of the Shavas operated for 48 hours during which an exchange of fire took place in which a terrorist who threw explosives at the forces was killed.
In addition, a trapped vehicle was located with explosive charges and a remote activation system that was destroyed by the sabotage forces of the Judea and Samaria Police Force.
The forces in all sectors confiscated many weapons, including sniper weapons, two M-16 type weapons and additional combat equipment. In Tulkarm, the fighters located and destroyed four explosives laboratories, four communications personnel with cameras and destroyed a lathe to make a military weapon in which tools for making weapons were located along with a number of internal explosives in the area.
Also, aircraft attacked and killed five armed terrorists in Tubas.
During the operation in northern Samaria, an underground plot was found near a hospital located inside the Tulkarm camp.
The outline has an entrance hole and no exit.
The forces continue to study the outline and will destroy it.
IDF forces continue to operate in an extensive operation in northern Samaria and the Valley.