"IDF soldiers & Israel Border Police conducted counterterrorism activities in Jenin to apprehend terrorist suspects this morning. Palestinian gunmen opened fire at the soldiers, who responded with fire. 1 IDF soldier was injured & evacuated to a hospital for medical attention," the IDF wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
Over the past seven days, 11 Israelis have been killed in several attacks.
On 22 March, four Israeli citizens were killed in the south of Israel in the city of Beer Sheva in an attack by a man armed with a knife.
On 27 March in Israeli Hadera, two Israelis were killed and more than 10 were injured in an attack by two terrorists with firearms. The Daesh* claimed responsibility for the attack.
*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist group banned in Russia