IDF soldiers & Israeli security forces have on Wednesday reported the apprehension of 15 terrorist suspects including 3 Hamas operatives, while on overnight intelligence-based counter terrorism activities in Judea and Samaria. According to the online report, an IDF (Israeli Defense Force) soldier was lightly injured in the operation.

Recall that earlier this week, Palestinians vandalized the Joseph’s Tomb religious site prompting the military intelligence exercise. Joseph’s Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 meters Northwest of Jacob’s Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus in Israel.

On Wednesday, IDF soldiers secured the area while the site was repaired. Meanwhile, Palestinians in their hundreds have continued to hurl rocks and Molotov cocktails at the soldiers, who initially responded with riot dispersal mechanisms.