The Israeli army stated Friday {that a} Palestinian militant, who was on his method to perform a taking pictures assault, was killed a day earlier in a drone strike within the occupied West Financial institution metropolis of Jenin.
Yasser Hanun of the Islamic Jihad group had beforehand been arrested for his involvement in “the army actions of the terrorist group,” the military stated in a press release.
The Jenin refugee camp resident “was eradicated whereas on his method to perform one other taking pictures assault,” the assertion stated, with out giving additional particulars.
A witness stated weapons within the automotive exploded after the assault on Thursday.
Hanun was concerned in a number of taking pictures assaults concentrating on Israeli communities and taking pictures at troopers and army posts within the West Financial institution, the military stated.
In keeping with the Palestinian information company Wafa, two individuals have been killed and 4 others injured within the assault.
AFP footage confirmed a automotive badly burned by the impression, with its roof torn as if torn by a can opener.
“Two consecutive rockets” hit the automotive, Usayd Shelbi, who witnessed the assault, instructed AFP.
“The state of affairs was harmful. The weapons within the automotive exploded,” he stated.
The drone strike in Jenin got here after three Palestinian gunmen opened fireplace on automobiles on a busy West Financial institution freeway close to a Jewish settlement on Thursday, killing an Israeli man and wounding eight others.
The gunmen have been killed.
For the reason that warfare between Israel and Hamas in Gaza started on October 7, the West Financial institution has seen a surge in violence, reaching ranges not seen in almost 20 years.
Israeli forces and settlers have killed at the very least 400 Palestinians within the West Financial institution for the reason that warfare started, based on the Well being Ministry in Ramallah.
Islamic Jihad is combating alongside Hamas militants in Gaza.
The Gaza warfare broke out after an unprecedented assault by Hamas on Israel, which resulted within the deaths of about 1,160 individuals, most of them civilians, based on an AFP depend based mostly on official figures.
Israel’s retaliatory bombings and floor offensive in Gaza have killed at the very least 29,410 Palestinians within the Hamas-held territory, most of them girls and kids, based on the Well being Ministry.
