2 Terrorists Eliminated In Firefight With SWAT Unit Near Jericho, Rockets Fired From Jenin

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Border Police in Judea and Samaria eliminated two terrorists who opened fire at them during an operation early Tuesday in the Aqabat-Jaber refugee camp north of Yericho.

The forces were initiating an arrest operation in the camp when terrorists opened fire at them from point-blank range. The SWAT unit returned fire at the terrorists, eliminating them at the scene. There were no casualties for the unit.

מחנה עקבת ג’אבר גיזרת יריחו כוח מיוחד שפעל לסיכול טרור בשטח המחנה חיסל שני מחבלים שסיכנו את הכוח

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In another incident which occurred Tuesday , terrorists attempted to fire rockets from Jenin towards Jewish communities in the region.

IDF soldiers located the improvised rocket and launcher remnants. Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel are at the scene in order to examine the presence of explosives.The remnants will be transferred to security forces for further processing. The IDF is pursuing the suspects who fired the rockets.

Earlier Tuesday, the Al-Ayyash Battalion terror group claimed that it had succeeded in launching a Qassam 1 rocket towards the town of Shaked in northern Samaria.

The attempted launch is the sixth time in recent months that Al-Ayyash has attempted to fire towards Israeli-controlled territory.