IDF soldiers killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander near Jenin

       According to Palestinian reports, IDF troops first tried to arrest 23-year-old Jihad Nwada, commander of the Islamic Jihad Al-Kuds brigade and one of the organization's senior commanders in the north West Bank, in a café. Nwada tried to escape and was killed in the ensuing exchange of fire, they said. The IDF confirmed that Nwada had tried to escape, and said that the troops aimed to shoot him in the lower part of the body. After he was wounded, the troops began evacuating him to a nearby hospital, but Nwada died on the way, said the army. His body was transferred to the Red Cross. Nwada was arrested by the Palestinian Authority in 2008 and released in the September. According to security sources, after his release, he had returned to activity in the terror organization.(08,39)