New details about the activity in which IDF fighter Noam Raz was killed:
A senior IDF source who participated in the exchange of fire said today (Friday) that Brigadier General Raz was shot during the folding phase during the arrest of wanted persons in Jenin.
The officer noted that the activity was attended by YMCA forces, the Golani Reconnaissance Squadron and the 551st Mobility Unit.
The same senior officer emphasizes that the amount of gunfire suffered by the forces was exceptional in relation to the activities in which he has participated in the last 20 years.
During the fold from the area of the house, IDF fighter Noam Raz was shot in the back and after 40 minutes landed at Rambam Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The senior official said the forces had been in the area for more than 3.5 hours.
He noted that he does not remember a situation where the IDF fires so much at the house and finally the wanted men manage to stay alive. Finally all the wanted men surrendered, when the security forces arrested 13 of them.
Terrorist shooting in Jenin, Photo: IPA
The house where the wanted persons hid, Photo: IPIA
Terrorist shooting in Jenin, Photo: IPA
The senior officer said that in another case he would have preferred to fold earlier, but he relied on the elite forces from the Golan Heights and the IDF. "I insisted that I knew the wanted were at home," the senior official noted.
At the same time, the IDF Spokesman informed the media that the brother of the terrorist Zakaria Zabeidi, Daoud Zabeidi, who was wounded this morning in the exchange of fire between the security forces and the Palestinians on the outskirts of Jenin, was transferred to a hospital in Israel. At the request of the Palestinians.
Meanwhile, the commander of the IDF, Lt. Gen., said: "I was the commander of Noam Raz's course. He led hundreds of operations, rescued many fighters, and rescued Lt. Col. S., who was recently wounded.
An exemplary humble warrior, this is a great loss to the unit.
We are strong, we will continue to act and thwart terrorism. "
Sgt. S., his life was saved in the past by Noam Raz who fell today, Photo: Police Spokeswoman
Brigadier General H. described the incident in Jenin: "This morning we worked in the Jenin area to capture a wanted person.
In the morning we closed on his house and from that moment heavy exchanges of fire began, conducted in front of gunmen and explosives.
Finally, the wanted person turned himself in as a result of the pressure reliever we applied to the building. "
IDF forces during the exchange of fire on the outskirts of Jenin, Photo: API
The house where the wanted persons were hiding is on fire, Photo: AFP
During the operation, massive fire was fired at us, "said the commander of the IDF.
"We realized that we were surrounded, while folding Raz was hit by an armed gunfire from a distance of about 200 meters. A preliminary investigation is currently underway in the area of insight that the shooting fatally hits Noam. Within 48 minutes we were able to evacuate him to Rambam."
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