SAA

SAA event in Palestine on Tue 7th January 2025

7th January 2025

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An IDF soldier was seriously wounded during an overnight exchange of fire with a Hamas gunman in the West Bank village of Talluza, near Nablus, the military says.

According to the military, the troops eliminated the gunman in close-quarters combat, and seized an AK-type assault rifle. A suspect was also detained in the village.

The soldier, a reservist with the Samaria Regional Brigade's 7037th Battalion, was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Hamas claimed the gunman, Jaafar Ahmed Dababseh, as a member of the terror group.

Separately, the IDF says it carried out a drone strike overnight in the town of Tamun, in the Jordan Valley, amid a brigade-level counterterrorism raid in the area.

The drone strike targeted a group of gunmen who were shooting at troops, the military says. Two gunmen were killed in the airstrike, according to the IDF.

Several suspects were detained and weapons were also seized during the operation in Tamun.

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