The IDF announced on Thursday that a fighter was seriously wounded when an IED exploded during an operation in the village of Sir, located in the Jenin region. The fighter was taken to hospital for medical treatment and his family was informed.
During a separate operation in Nur a-Shams refugee camp in the Tulkarm area, two IDF reserve soldiers sustained light and moderate injuries from shrapnel from an IED. The fighters were taken to hospital for medical treatment. Their families have been informed.
Explosion at the scene of IEDs identified by the forces in Nur a-Shams, photo: IDF Spokesperson
On one floor - chargers, on the floor below - kindergarten
During the 40-hour activity in Nur a-Shams, which was intended to thwart terrorism in the refugee camp, IDF and Border Police forces located and destroyed a booby-trapped floor of a building whose floor was home to an UNRWA kindergarten. An operating system connected to IEDs around and along access routes to the building was located in the building. In addition, a booby-trapped vehicle was found near the building. The forces destroyed the booby-trapped floor, the vehicle and the IEDs found in the area.
Documentation of the destruction of IEDs and weapons in the camp and statements made by the commander of the 420th Reserve Battalion on locating the IED laboratory | IDF Spokesperson
IEDs found by the forces in Nur a-Shams, photo: IDF Spokesperson
During the searches, hundreds of suspects were interrogated, 11 were arrested, weapons were confiscated, and hundreds of IEDs were destroyed. In addition, the fighters located and destroyed two laboratories for manufacturing IEDs in the camp.
Weapons found in Nur a-Shams,
When the operation began last Tuesday, IDF aircraft attacked terrorists who threw IEDs at the forces and endangered them, directed by drones of the 636th Reconnaissance Unit. The fighters fired at terrorists who fired and threw IEDs at them.
The activity of the forces in the area of Nur a-Shams,
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