Israel says it killed top militant in West Bank operation
Israeli forces killed the "head of a terrorist network," Mohammed Jabar, in the West Bank Thursday, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Nadav Shoshani told reporters Thursday.
Jabar and "four other armed operatives that were all directly connected to his network" were in a mosque when they were killed by Israeli forces, Shoshani said.
The bodies of Jabar and the four others killed in the mosque have not been handed over to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the ministry said.
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IDF special forces were deployed to the specific area where Jabar was located. There was a significant exchange of fire between the armed terrorists hiding inside the mosque and Israeli forces, according to Shoshani.
Jabar was allegedly planning future attacks, the IDF said.
-ABC News' Anna Burd and Nasser Atta