IDF foils suicide attack near Jenin [View All]

[Behind the Aegis]

Two armed Palestinians were killed and three wounded by Israel Defense Forces fire yesterday in several incidents in the territories. Troops also arrested two Palestinians attempting to bomb a West Bank checkpoint.

IDF soldiers operating in the northern Gaza Strip against Qassam-launching cells came under fire yesterday from three anti-tank rockets. There were no casualties. A Qassam rocket landed in an open area in the western Negev, causing no damage.

In an incident before dawn yesterday, infantry reservists east of the Dahaniya airfield in Rafah spotted two armed militants approaching and opened fire, killing one and wounding the other.

In the West Bank, soldiers foiled an attempted suicide bombing at the Reihan checkpoint west of Jenin. A routine security check of two Palestinian youths turned up two 1-kilo pipe bombs strapped to one of the youths. They told interrogators they we re sent by Hamas to attack the checkpoint. Sappers safely detonated the explosives.


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