Militants stand during the funeral of two Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen who were killed in an Israeli raid, in Jenin refugee camp, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta

The Israeli military launched a counter-terrorism raid in the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday to arrest terrorists planning deadly attacks against civilians in Israel.

A statement from the IDF confirmed that the operation in the city — which has been dubbed the “terror capital” of the Palestinian-Authority controlled territories — was for the purpose of arresting two terror operatives belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, both of whom were successfully detained.

During the raid, an IDF armored vehicle was ambushed, and eight IDF and Israel Border Police personnel were injured.

The IDF also came under fire from terrorists using automatic weapons and a “large number of explosive devices were hurled at [Israeli] forces,” which reportedly prompted the IDF to deploy a helicopter to give air cover during the extraction of the soldiers.

Despite being allegedly shot in the abdomen by the IDF, a Palestinian photojournalist is, remarkably, able to run & climb unaided into an ambulance.

Also remarkable: the lack of any visible blood on the victim or the pristine white gloves of the medics.

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During the gunfight, at least five Palestinians were killed, including two who were almost immediately claimed by terrorist organizations.

Despite copious amounts of evidence confirming their membership in terror organizations — including photos and video — reports about the Jenin raid have shied away from identifying the men as terrorists.

The Associated Press included in its headline and opening paragraph the fact that four Palestinians had been killed — and later named them — but failed to mention their terror links. The outlet also neglected to mention that the raid had been for the purpose of detaining other terrorists.

The Guardian, using news copy from the AFP wire agency, also sidestepped correctly identifying the slain men as terrorists and prominently featured the Palestinian health ministry’s false assertion that they “died as a result of the occupation (Israeli) aggression on Jenin.” Of course, there is nothing “aggressive” about firing back at heavily-armed militants trying to prevent the lawful arrest of fellow terrorists.

Other media outlets that did not include the fact that two of the men were terrorists include CNN and Sky News.

In fact, the only outlet that reported the men had been claimed by Islamic Jihad was Reuters, which included this relevant fact in the second paragraph of its piece.

Meanwhile, the obvious need for Israeli counter-terror operations in Jenin has been completely overlooked in the majority of the coverage, specifically that the city is a hub of terror activity.

While CNN described Jenin as one of the “tensest cities in the occupied West Bank” (a muted way to sum up a place where Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, and the Jenin Battalion all operate a network of cells), Sky News failed to make any reference to how the city is totally overrun by armed militants.