The IDF on Monday expanded its months-long Operation Breakwater to crack down on terrorists in Judea and Samaria in the wake of two terrorist attacks on Sunday. The IDF said that in multiple raids on Palestinian towns in the Jenin area in other locations in Samaria, 17 terrorists were arrested.
The raids were conducted shortly after an improvised explosive device was thrown from a passing vehicle on an Israeli outpost in the Binyamin region in the West Bank overnight Sunday. Four Israeli soldiers were wounded.
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The four troops were treated for minor wounds on the scene, though one was transferred to a Tel Aviv-area hospital to remove shrapnel. The military has launched a massive manhunt for the suspects, who managed to flee the scene after attacking. The incident near the village of Nabi Saleh comes amid a wave of violence in the West Bank. Earlier on Sunday, seven people were wounded in a shooting attack on a bus carrying new recruits in the Jordan Valley. Two suspects were arrested.
They were identified as Muhammed and Walid Turkman from the Jenin area in the northern West Bank. The third suspect, who is believed to be their relative, escaped, but the IDF continued the massive manhunt in the Jordan Valley area all through Sunday night and Monday morning. The Shin Bet security agency is questioning the detained attackers.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
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