Tel Aviv, Feb. 2 -- Israel expanded a northern Samaria counterterror operation now on its 13th day, with three airstrikes overnight on terrorists and raids in the Palestinian village of Tamun the Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday morning.

One of the strikes, in the village of Qabatiya, hit a vehicle carrying several terrorists on their way to carry out what the IDF said was an "imminent terrorist attack." Of the two terrorists killed, one was identified as Abd al-Hadi Kamil, who had been released from prison during a temporary ceasefire in November 2023. Aerial surveillance footage of the strike showed secondary explosions indicating the presence of explosives.

Two other airstrikes eliminated terror cells in Jenin which the IDF did n...