The IDF launched an operation in the Tulkarm refugee camp early Tuesday morning - and killed 7 terrorists, including the commander of Hamas' military wing and the commander of Fatah's military wing in the refugee camp.
The Palestinians reported that they had killed an "uninvolved paramedic." However, footage from the scene revealed that moments before the attack, she was armed with a rifle - while wearing a medical personnel vest.
The IDF spokesman in Arabic, Lt. Col. Avichai Edrei, published the incriminating documentation and wrote: "And you ask us about human rights? Look at this scene from Tulkarm. A masked female paramedic carrying a weapon, accompanied by terrorists. If she is really a woman - where is the honor?""
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One of the women killed in the airstrike in Tulkarm this morning was filmed armed with an M16 and wearing a paramedic's uniform, alongside armed terrorists equipped with walkie-talkies and military uniforms.@carmeldangor pic.twitter.com/6NKoaHtdnJ
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The operation killed Ashraf Nafa, commander of Hamas' military wing, and Abu Abdu, commander of Fatah's military wing in the Tulkarm refugee camp.
During the night, there was an exchange of fire between terrorists and the fighters, one terrorist was shot and wounded by gunfire. In addition, an IDF bulldozer ran over a load, there were no casualties.
Shortly after 6 a.m., a number of armed terrorists gathered in the camp and an aircraft attacked them from the air.
The operation, with the participation of hundreds of fighters from the IDF and Border Guard - which is still underway - continues the great effort of the security forces to preserve freedom of action in Tulkarm, Jenin, and Nur a-Shams.
This time the operation opened with a deception for the terrorists - which also allowed them to be hit from the air.
The army is identifying a growing effort by Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip to attempt to carry out attacks in Judea and Samaria, through the flow of funds and the transfer of information. The terrorist organizations in Gaza are trying to exert pressure to ignite the sector - so far without success.
The current operation is being conducted as part of a process to preserve the existing situation in the camps. In recent weeks, two such operations took place, in Jenin and Nur a-Shams, in which two soldiers were killed by powerful explosive devices - Captain Alon Skagio and Lt. Col. (res.) Yehuda Ghetto Y.D.
In both cases, the charges used were substandard, but they still resulted in a very serious outcome.
The current operation is intended, among other things, to damage terrorist infrastructure: exposing roads where explosives were planted, damaging explosive manufacturing laboratories, and thwarting terrorists who manufacture them.
As the effort in Judea and Samaria continued, the army built a sort of brigade combat team consisting of a Duvdevan unit and a Harub patrol that participate in all operations, along with Border Guard fighters alongside the Shin Bet, which provides the significant intelligence and guidance that allows for hitting high-quality targets and senior terrorists.
