Army soldiers arrested 13 wanted terrorists in and around Shechem Thursday night in a continued crackdown on the terrorist infrastructure in the area. The Palestinian Authority has complained that the presence of the IDF hinders attempts at maintaining a presence of authority through several hundreds armed policemen that were deployed in Shechem the past several months.

Elsewhere, soldiers rushed to the Dolev area late Thursday night on reports of a terrorist shooting but found no traces of fire.