IDF troops kill senior Jihad commander in West Bank raid
IDF troops killed an Islamic Jihad senior commander the while operating near Jenin overnight Monday.
According to Palestinian reports, Israeli troops first tried to arrest 23-year-old Jihad Nwada in a café. When Nwada tried to escape from the area, gunfire was exchanged and the Jihad commander was killed.
The IDF confirmed that Nwada had tried to escape, and said that the troops aimed to shoot him in the lower part of the body. After he was wounded, the troops tried to evacuate him to a nearby hospital, but Nwada died from his wounds on the way.
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