Israeli operation in Nur Shams results in elimination of three militants

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have completed a prolonged operation in Nur Shams, located east of Tulkarem, resulting in the elimination of three militants.

The operation lasted more than a day and concluded with significant confrontations, Caliber.Az reports via Israeli army’s press service.

According to a statement, the two identified militants, Abd al-Aziz Abu Saman and Ahmad Essam Fahmaui, who were associated with the area and involved in previous shooting and explosives attacks, were eliminated by Israeli security forces. Additional terrorists were killed and hit during close-quarters combat in the area.

The IDF also indicated that the militants were utilizing a hospital in Tulkarem as a means to transfer weapons.

Meanwhile, mediators are ramping up efforts to halt the wars in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, circulating new proposals to wind down the regional conflict.

Hezbollah’s newly named leader, Naim Kassem, said the militant group will keep fighting in its war with Israel until it is offered ceasefire terms it deems acceptable.

Some 1.2 million people have been displaced by the conflict in Lebanon, according to government estimates. Lebanon’s Heath Ministry said more than 2,800 people have been killed and 12,900 wounded since October 8, 2023, when Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel, drawing retaliation. Israeli ground forces invaded southern Lebanon at the beginning of October.

The death toll from more than a year of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has passed 43,000, Palestinian officials reported, without distinguishing between civilians and combatants.

The war began after Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducting 250 others.

By Vafa Guliyeva