IDF and Israel Border Police forces conducted counterterrorism activities in Wadi Bruqin, in the area of Jenin, overnight Tuesday, and apprehended two individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities.

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said that, additionally, the forces opened fire toward armed terrorists. Hits were identified.

During counterterrorism activity in the Jenin Camp, armed terrorists fired and hurled explosive devices at Israeli security forces, the statement said. In response, an IDF UAV struck the terrorists. Hits were identified.

No injuries to Israeli security forces were reported. The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Wafa news agency said that three people were killed by the UAV and several others were injured.

Earlier this week, the IDF conducted an aerial strike on a terror compound the Al-Ansar Mosque in Jenin.

This was the first time the IDF used a fighter jet in a strike in Judea and Samaria since the Second Intifada.

The mosque contained a cell of Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror operatives that were responsible for several terror attacks over the last months, and were organizing an additional imminent terror attack.

The terrorist cell also carried out a terror attack on October 14 in the area of the security fence, where an explosive device was detonated by a cellular activation of terror forces who arrived at the scene.

Intel was recently received which indicated that the terrorists, who were neutralized, were organizing an imminent terror attack. The mosque was used by the terrorists as a command center to plan the attacks and as a base for their execution.