Israeli forces on Wednesday identified a homemade launcher in the West Bank village Kafr Nazlat, with which Palestinians allegedly tried to fire rockets at the Jewish community of Shaked.
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The IDF said that the rocket exploded in midair after the attempted launch, and unverified footage on social media showed just that.
Israeli forces secured the area, and the launcher was transferred to security forces for further inspection. Defense and security agencies are also working to find the owner of the video posted to social media and if there were more similar rockets.
The Shin Bet security service earlier warned that a senior operative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who was killed during a raid in Gaza, was planning to implement rocket launchers in Jenin. There have also been at least two shooting attacks since December 2022 by PIJ terrorists toward homes in Shaked.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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