The IDF on Motzei Shabbos announced that an IDF soldier was killed in a shootout with two Hamas terrorists in Jenin on Shabbos morning in a counterterrorism raid carried out as part of the ongoing Operation Summer Camps in Yehudah and Shomron and the Jordan Valley.

The soldier was identified as Staff Sgt. Elkana Navon, H”yd, 20, from Petach Tikvah. He served as a squad commander in the 906th Battalion of the Bislamach Brigade. He was the fourth talmid of the Hesder Yeshivah in Kiryat Shmona to fall in battle since October 7.

At about 6 a.m., IDF forces approached a building in Jenin that housed terrorists. Two senior Hamas terrorists who were both responsible for numerous terror attacks, managed to surprise them, opening fire from close range. A gun battle ensued during which both both terrorists were killed.

Navon, z’l, was hit by gunfire and killed and three others were injured, including an IDF officer who was seriously injured.

They were evacuated to Emek Medical Center in Afula and Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, as can be seen in the video below:

(YWN’s Jerusalem desk is keeping you updated after tzeis ha’Shabbos in Israel)