Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraei said that “a Palestinian armed with a knife ran towards Israeli army forces who were trying to secure the Samaria Brigade compound near the Hawara checkpoint at the entrance to the city of Nablus. where the forces fired on and neutralized him.” He explained that there were no casualties among the Israeli forces.

In his statement, he said that “Israeli forces carried out military operations last night in several areas of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) to arrest 18 suspected of being involved in ‘actions against the army’.” actions in the villages of Karawat Bani Hasan and Khabla, the camps of Halhoul, Dhahiriya, Aida and Dheishe.

Adrai pointed out that “on the other hand, other forces were fighting in the city of Qalqilya and arrested five wanted persons suspected of involvement in activities against them, and another wanted person with an M-16 assault rifle was arrested in the village of Ras Atiya and in the Faraa camp in the Jordan Valley, forces arrested a suspect.” Both of them are involved in terrorist activities.