IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Daniel Hagari commented on the operation in Jenin and said, "The enemy was surprised by an air strike in the heart of the camp, in sites it thought we did not know about. We were able to carry out the raid and reduce friction in the area in the initial hours."
Hagari also said, "Explosives were found in the refugee camp that terrorists planned to throw at the fighters. We did not come to conquer the camp. This is not an operation against the Palestinian Authority, but against terrorism and the terrorist organizations in Jenin that embitter the lives of the Palestinian citizens there."
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