Palestinian Authority policeman killed in  encounter with IDF in Samaria 

While on a counter-terrorist mission in Tubas, IDF fighters encountered terrorists today (Wednesday) and arrested two wanted persons. An armed Palestinian who served as a customs officer in the Palestinian Authority was killed in the encounter.

The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.

It was also reported that an IDF soldier was slightly injured in the activity and was taken to the hospital. His family has been updated.

Moreover, in the Bethlehem area, terrorists threw Molotov cocktails at an IDF jeep and caused it to burn completely. No casualties reported to IDF forces.

Last night, it was reported that special forces are back and operating in the Tulkarm region, this after only 10 hours after the end of a brigade operation there. Many forces were recorded flowing to Tulkarm to engage in anti-terrorist activity; Tulkarm has been spreading terrorism all over Judea and Samaria.

Last night, the IDF concluded another operation in Tulkarem in the Menashe division, an operation which is one in a series of 50 divisional operations in Tulkarm where many terrorist battalions were established. During the operation, a terrorist squad was eliminated, in an airstrike carried out using an Air Force drone.