The Israeli army is carrying out a new operation on Sunday in the Jenin area, a stronghold of armed Palestinian factions from which the perpetrators of recent deadly attacks in Tel Aviv originate, officials said.
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Israeli armed forces are currently carrying out an operation in the city of Jenin
," the army said in a brief message as the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported nine arrests in connection with the operation in the nearby village of Yaabad, in the northern West Bank, territory occupied since 1967 by Israel.
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On Saturday, the Israeli army and border police raided the Jenin refugee camp, which adjoins the city of the same name, resulting in intense exchanges of fatal fire at a 25-year-old Palestinian, member of the Islamic Jihad, the main Palestinian armed Islamist movement after Hamas.
And late Saturday, Israel announced a series of measures to tighten the noose on the Jenin area, including closing Israeli crossings to the city, limiting entry and exit from the city and "
multiplying
” on-site security checks.
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We will do whatever it takes, whatever it takes for as long and wherever it takes to restore security
,” Israeli army chief Aviv Kochavi told soldiers in the West Bank, according to the report. a video released by the army.
This new operation comes as the funeral of the three Israeli civilians killed Thursday evening - Eitam Megini, Tomer Morad and Barak Lufan - in the armed attack in the heart of Tel Aviv will take place on Sunday afternoon in the city of Kfar Saba and at Kibbutz Ginosar.
The Palestinian armed Islamist movements of Hamas and Islamic Jihad had welcomed the attack, which was condemned by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, also leader of the secular Fatah party.