IDF Says Troops Hit Molotov-Cocktail Carrier Near Jenin; No Soldiers Hurt

The Israel Defense Forces said early Monday, November 9, that troops had identified a person carrying a Molotov cocktail during operational activity in Zababdeh, in the Menashe Brigade sector, earlier Sunday evening. The military described him as a terrorist and said he intended to throw the incendiary device at the troops to harm them. “The troops responded with gunfire to remove the threat,” the IDF said in its Hebrew statement. The military reported that a hit had been identified and that no Israeli soldiers were hurt. The disclosure, posted shortly after midnight, concerned the encounter on the evening of November 8. In a separate announcement earlier on November 8, the IDF said the 98th Division headquarters had completed its mission overseeing the Judea and Etzion Regional Brigades within the Judea and Samaria Division. That deployment began on September 25 to reinforce command and control, as well as defensive and offensive operations. For that deployment, the military reported more than 1,500 counterterrorism operations, more than 140 suspects apprehended and approximately 35 weapons located. It said the headquarters would return to its role as a General Staff reserve division and prepare for other operational scenarios.