Israeli military destroys suicide bomber's home
Second day of Israel's raid in Jenin
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Palestinian youths throw stones at an Israeli tank during clashes in the West Bank town of Jenin.
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JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli troops Friday destroyed the house of a suicide bomber and fought with Palestinians in the second day of their wide-ranging raid in the West Bank town of Jenin, with reports of injuries to both Israeli soldiers and Palestinians.
The raid was launched Thursday after the Israeli military said it learned of plans by the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad to carry out terror attacks against Israel.
Troops encountered a group of armed Palestinians, who opened fire on soldiers, Israel Defense Forces said. Soldiers returned fire and said one of the Palestinians was hit.
The Palestine Red Crescent confirmed a Palestinian was taken to the hospital after being seriously injured.
Palestinian security sources said youths were throwing stones at Israeli armored personnel carriers and tanks around a house that the military seized for an outpost. Soldiers fired back, seriously wounding a 12-year-old boy.
IDF said three Israeli soldiers were wounded in eastern Jenin after a confrontation with Palestinian gunmen. One was severely wounded and two were slightly wounded, military sources said.
And, at Jenin's refugee camp, troops came under a barrage of stones and Molotov cocktails from people there during a patrol and dispersed the mob without injury, the IDF said.
Also, troops demolished the house of a suicide bomber who launched the attack at a bus stop last week near Tzrifin army base. Eight people were killed in that attack.
U.N. to debate resolution on Israel's Arafat policy
Following the U.S. veto of a U.N. resolution Tuesday that would have demanded Israel halt threats to expel Arafat, the Palestinian leader told a delegation of Palestinian academics at his compound Wednesday, "No decision here or there will shake us. We are bigger and higher than all these decisions."
The U.N. General Assembly on Friday plans to debate and vote on the resolution.
Israel and the United States have shunned Arafat in pursuing the road map peace plan, but the leader that both countries backed -- Mahmoud Abbas -- quit as prime minister after a power struggle with Arafat.
Qorei has been asked to put together a new government, which would be approved by the Palestinian parliament.
The road map -- backed by the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia -- calls for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state by 2005.
