The IDF's activity continues with all its might in Judea and Samaria, and tonight during the activity of the Kfir Brigade in the Tulkarm refugee camp, an armed terrorist squad was eliminated from the air, firing and throwing explosives at our forces. In addition, the security forces destroyed the apartment of another terrorist from the Hamas terrorist organization, who carried out the shooting attack, in the village of Urif in Samaria At the gas station near Ali.
Also, at this time, an anti-terrorism operation under the command of the Kafir Brigade, which began tonight in the Tulkarm refugee camp in the Menashe Brigade, continues. During the activity, engineering tools uncovered explosives in axes that were intended to harm the forces. The fighters interrogated and arrested wanted persons and eliminated armed terrorists at the end of an exchange of fire. In addition, during the operation, an IDF aircraft attacked a squad of armed terrorists who were shooting and throwing explosives at the IDF forces, in order to remove the threat and allow the continued operation of the forces.
In addition, IDF forces, the Shin Bet, and the Israel Defense Forces arrested 20 wanted persons throughout Judea and Samaria, three of them from the terrorist organization Hamas. As announced by engineering forces, the IDF and the Israel Defense Forces operated in the village of Urif in the Samaria division. They destroyed the apartment of the terrorist Mahand Shahada of the terrorist organization Hamas, who was the other terrorist who carried out the shooting attack at the gas station near Eli on June 20, 2023.
In the activity in Qalandiya, a wanted man was arrested who had previously fired in the direction of the Qalandiya crossing. In Tura al-Gharbiya, the fighters confiscated a stun grenade, an ax and military equipment. So far, since the beginning of the war, about 1,700 wanted persons have been arrested throughout the Judea and Samaria, about 950 of whom are associated with the terrorist organization Hamas.