Exceptional incident during Border Force operations in the north • Widespread order violations developed • Camp resident injured by gunfire

Severe incident in the Shuafat refugee camp: Undercover police operations by the Israeli police and other Border Police forces in the Shuafat refugee camp opened fire on the forces. There are no casualties among our forces.

While locating the suspect's home and closing the doorways, a shooting was launched at an apparent (uniformed) force of undercover fighters who returned fire at the source of the shooting as a result of which one of the suspects was wounded, neutralized and arrested while in light condition. Border fighters arrested a suspect on the scene, and large police forces rushed into the camp. As a result, serious violations began in the camp: Molotov cocktails, stones and burning tires were thrown at Border forces. There were no injuries to our forces in these events either. So far, five detainees have been arrested for breach of order, and a camp resident has been hit by gunfire. During the course of the activity, heavy air activity was felt above the camp, and residents of nearby Pisgat Ze'ev heard explosions.

The Shuafat refugee camp is a legally located area of ​​Jerusalem jurisdiction, but is surrounded by a separation fence due to population leakage from the adjacent Anta - in Area C. There is extensive drug trafficking in the camp, which is being tried to thwart both the police and officials inside the camp itself. For the past two years, illegal weapons have been raided in the camp, and nearby Pisgat Ze'ev hears gunshots from the camp almost every night and collects projectiles that fall in the neighborhood (shooting is carried out into the air, not directly at the summit of Ze'ev). In recent days, the sounds of gunfire from the camp increased.

Police say: "Border Police undercover responded to a fire from which a fire was opened. The undercover officers managed to neutralize one of the suspects in the shooting, locate the gun and arrest 5 suspects among the key wanted to come in. When it emerged, one of the fighters turned out to be very lightly scratched. From a bullet fired at him and hit his sleeve. "