(Israel Hayom) On Wednesday night Israeli counter-terror forces entered the Jenin refugee camp to arrest an Islamic Jihad operative who had planned attacks on roads in the West Bank. Palestinians opened fire on the Israeli soldiers, who returned fire, wounding several Palestinians, one of whom was Hamas operative Nafa Jamil Saadi, 22, who died en route to the hospital. The soldiers were also attacked with improvised explosive devices. Early Thursday morning, Israeli troops killed a wanted Palestinian man in Kalkilya who opened fire on them as they attempted to arrest him. The wanted man, Saleh Yasin, 28, had fired at Israeli troops several times in recent weeks. Yasin was an intelligence officer in the PA security forces.
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