A massive gun battle broke out in the Palestinian Authority-administered city of Jenin Thursday morning, after Israeli security forces entered the city as part of a counter-terror operation aimed at preventing a massive attack by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group.
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In a rare daytime counterterrorism operation, a large number of Israeli security forces on Thursday morning entered Jenin after precise intelligence information revealed pic.twitter.com/RDcPEgVW48— The Jewish Voice (@JewishVoice) January 26, 2023
The incursion into Jenin was carried out jointly by the IDF, Border Police, and Yamam police special forces unit in a rare daytime operation which Israel’s military said Thursday morning was aimed at apprehending a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist said to be orchestrating a “large terror attack.”
The Shin Bet internal security agency coordinated the operation, based on intelligence information it had received regarding the planned PIJ attack.
Palestinian Authority news outlets have reported that undercover Israeli forces entered Jenin inside a milk truck.
