IDF Forces Eliminate 5 Terrorists During Counter Terrorism Operation In Jenin

By FrumNews.com

IDF forces conducted a counterterrorism operation based on Shin Bet intelligence against a terror cell in Jenin on Friday morning, the IDF confirmed.

The IDF said exchanges of fire with terrorists took place in the area. Simultaneously, the soldiers encircled a building in which additional terrorists barricaded themselves.

IDF soldiers eliminated two terrorists who participated in the attack on IDF soldiers during the operational activity in which Captain Alon Sacgiu, a Team Commander in the Haruv Reconnaissance Unit, fell.

In addition, during the counterterrorism activity, an armed terrorist cell that was identified in the area was eliminated in an IAF aircraft strike.

Reportedly, five terrorists were killed in the exchange of fire.