IDF disarms explosives used for terror in West Bank raid

Four Palestinians were killed in a drone strike by the IDF amid clashes in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm.

 IDF soldiers find explosive devices during operation in in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm in the northern West Bank early Sunday morning (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF soldiers find explosive devices during operation in in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm in the northern West Bank early Sunday morning
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Explosive devices were found and neutralized by IDF soldiers during an operation on early Sunday morning in Tulkarm in the northern West Bank, according to an IDF statement.

Combat Engineering units found and neutralized explosive devices that were placed under and alongside the roads that the IDF was using. Four wanted terrorists were also found with M-16 rifles and hunting rifles and were arrested.

The IDF also found an explosive device inside a clinic in the refugee camp.

Four Palestinians killed in drone strike by IDF

Four Palestinians were killed in a drone strike by the IDF amid clashes in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm in the northern West Bank early Sunday morning, according to Israeli media.

 IDF soldiers find hunting rifle during an operation in in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm in the northern West Bank early Sunday morning (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF soldiers find hunting rifle during an operation in in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm in the northern West Bank early Sunday morning (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

According to Palestinian reports, several drone strikes targeted a number of locations in Nur Shams overnight as Israeli forces operated in the town.

Since the start of the war, the IDF arrested around 2,300 wanted terrorists in different areas of the West Bank, according to the IDF statement, with around 1,200 of them being affiliated with Hamas.