The Hamas-affiliated “Al-Ayyash Battalion” claimed earlier that it had fired another rocket from the Jenin area towards the Jewish community of Shaked.
By United with Israel Staff and JNS
The IDF on Tuesday announced that terrorists had attempted to launch a rocket in the area of northern Samaria.
“A short while ago, a failed attempt to launch an improvised rocket was carried out in the region of the Menashe Brigade,” the IDF said.
The IDF added it had found the remains of the rocket and the launcher, and that bomb disposal specialists were at the scene.
Findings will be forwarded for further investigation and forces have launched a hunt for suspects, the IDF concluded.
Earlier, the Hamas-affiliated Al-Ayyash Battalion claimed to have fired another rocket from the Jenin area towards the Jewish community of Shaked in northern Samaria.
The group published video purporting to show the rocket before launch with a note in Arabic attached to it.
A group calling itself the Al-Ayyash Battalion claims to have launched a rocket from the northern West Bank toward the settlement of Shaked. No reports of damage. IDF checking the report. pic.twitter.com/ACbEQ2QJ8v
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The attempted rocket launch follows similar incidents in recent months in Judea and Samaria, including one on July 27 when Palestinian terrorists fired a rocket from the Jenin area towards the Israeli moshav of Ram-On in the Gilboa region.
Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades earlier claimed that it fired a rocket in response “to the aggression of the occupation and settlers on Al-Aqsa.”
The Al-Ayyash Battalion on July 10 said that it fired two rockets from the Jenin area towards Shaked. The Israel Defense Forces subsequently located two rocket launchers and two makeshift projectiles near the village.
The Al-Ayyash Battalion has previously said it fired several rockets at Israeli villages in the area over the past few months. In late June, the group failed in its attempt to launch another rocket from Jenin towards Ram-On.