Five Israeli soldiers were injured by a terrorist bomb during an operation in Samaria Monday morning.
The bombing occurred as an IDF armored vehicle was driving through he Palestinian Authority-administered city of Jenin, striking a large bomb hidden in the road.
The vehicle bombing came shortly after a large gun battle broke out in Jenin between Israeli security personnel and Arab terrorists.
IDF and undercover Border Police forces entered the city early Monday morning, as part of an operation to arrest wanted Palestinian Arab terrorists.
During the operation, the Israeli forces deployed to Jenin came under fire, sparking heavy exchanges of gunfire between terrorists and the IDF and Border Police forces.
Arab media outlets claim the gun battle broke out while the IDF was covering the extraction of the undercover Border Police forces from Jenin following the operation.
Footage released on social media shows IDF forces operating in the city, with the sound of heavy gunfire in the background.
The Palestinian Authority”s WAFA outlet reports that 13 terrorists have been wounded in the gun battle, including two in critical condition. Two wanted terrorists, Assem Abu al-Haija, and Mussab Hassan al-Barmaki, were arrested during the operation.