Israel kills 5, arrests 21 in overnight raid on 'explosives laboratory' in West Bank, IDF says

 The Israeli military says its operators killed five terrorists and arrested 21 "wanted persons" in an overnight operation in the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday.

The IDF says its forces identified explosive devices laid under and to the sides of a road before exchanging gunfire with militants. Israeli forces killed five of the combatants and proceeded with arrests.

 "Forces located an explosives laboratory and destroyed it," the IDF wrote in a statement.

Israeli also says its forces arrested one Osama Issa Muhammad Bani Fade, a suspected Hamas terrorists Israeli accused of carrying out a shooting attack in Hawara on August 19, 2023.

The Israeli operation comes as Israel and Hamas enter the third day of their cease-fire agreement, which only applies to Gaza. Hamas is expected to release a third group of hostages later Sunday in exchange for more Palestinian criminals held in Israeli prisons.