The undercover troops entered an area near the Balata refugee camp in broad daylight and closed the hall in which was the suspect.
The study relied on findings from an excavation at the Jaljulya site next to Highway 6 in central Israel, probably inhabited by humans of the homo erectus species, and evidence from a nearby cave.
Two soldiers in the Kfir Brigade were killed in Nablus on Thursday, one was killed in the Gaza Strip.
Guided by intelligence gathered by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), the forces could enter Nablus secretly and locate the suspect.
Shaul Golan, a photographer and journalist with Yediot Aharonot and Ynet, spoke of how he was beat by settlers in the West Bank, and much of his equipment destroyed.
The Nur al-Shams refugee camp is considered a stronghold for terror groups in the West Bank
Israeli forces operated in the village of Kafr Dan, where they demolished the home of Abed Massad, an accomplice of a terrorist attack in Huwara last August, early Tuesday morning.
The IDF and the Shin Bet eliminated the head of a terror cell who was planning to carry out a large-scale terror attack, by using an IAF aircraft.
The army has also stated that they uncovered and destroyed an explosives workshop that had been operating in the area.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades commander included among those slain