Israel Defense Forces and Border Police troops early Friday morning arrested three suspected militants in an overnight raid in the West Bank city of Nablus.

Security forces said one of the suspects, Yusuf Abu Layla, is a senior member of the Fatah-affiliated Tanzim who had received training and instructions from Hezbollah to carry out terror attacks in Israel.

The two other suspects are Moeib Hoteri, also of Tanzim, and Yusuf Mabruk, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

During the operation, soldiers opened fire on a car with five suspects that fled the scene, wounding one of the passengers. He and another suspect escaped, while the three other men barricaded themselves in a building.

Troops surrounded the structure and called on them to surrender. They were caught while trying to escape. No IDF soldiers were hurt in the firefight.

Abu layla is an explosives device expert who planned bombings in Israel, the army said. In addition, it claimed he was involved in manufacturing suicide belts for Tanzim in Nablus, as well as training others how to make bombs.

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