Army: Gunman behind deadly shooting a former member of PA’s presidential guard
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Palestinian gunman who shot dead three police officers in the southern West Bank earlier today, and was later killed by commandos in Hebron, is identified by the IDF as Muhannad al-Aswad, 31, from Idhna.
According to the IDF, al-Aswad is affiliated with the Palestinian Authority’s Fatah movement, and in the past served in the PA’s presidential guard.
The IDF and Shin Bet say they continue to investigate the attack.
كتيبة خليل الرحمن:
بكل فخر واعتزاز، ننعى البطل مهند محمد محمود العسود منفذ عملية حاجز ترقوميا البطولية التي أسفرت عن مقـ ـتل ثلاثة ضباط من شرطة الاحتلال.
ونؤكد أن صفوفنا تضم عدداً كبيراً من أبناء الأجهزة الأمنية الذين يواصلون التحدي والتضحية. pic.twitter.com/n0D7h9ICCg— ????Ahmed Samir ???? (@Samir_Newsroom) September 1, 2024
Meanwhile, the IDF says that, so far, as part of its ongoing operation in the northern West Bank, some 30 gunmen have been killed.
