In the three days of military operation in the West Bank, a total of 19 Palestinians were killed; most of them are terrorists, as captured by the AFP.
followed by, on the third day of the military operation in the West Bank, they (Israel) said to have shot dead a regional commander of hamas.
During the ground and air attacks, Israel said it had eliminated Wassem Hazem, the Hamas chief for the Jenin area.
On X (Twitter), the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed that Hazem was killed in the Sumeria area of the West Bank.
According to the statement of the IDF, Hazem was involved in the performance of shooting and bombing attacks and was continuously escalating the terrorist actions in the area of Judea and Samaria.
This consisted of an IDF-released drone video that showed a car of Israeli personnel approaching Hazem’s. This scene is created as a gunbattle where Hazem seems to be killed. After the exchange of gunfire, two persons, whom seem to be the remaining Hamas terrorists, flee the scene. They are then seen getting killed in a drone strike.
“A little after, an IAF aircraft took out 2 more Hamas operatives who attempted to escape from the vehicle that they were in, which belonged to Wassem Hazem Maysara Masharqa, and Arafat Amer were both under the command of Wassem Hazem and were involved in shooting at Israeli civilians,” the IDF added.
On Friday, the IDF reported that it neutralized three Hamas terrorists, including regional commander Hazem, while reporting that it had eliminated seven terrorists on Thursday.
Overall, there are 19 Palestinians reported dead, including terrorists, in the three days of military operation, as per the count in the AFP.
West Bank operation causes issues internationally.
While Israel insists that the operation is necessary, international concern has grown that an operation could unstabilize another area at a time that the war has already unstabilized the Gaza strip.
