Hamas operative planning ‘imminent’ terror attack killed by special forces in West Bank — IDF, Shin Bet, police

A Hamas operative planning an “imminent” terror attack was killed by special forces in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, the IDF, Shin Bet, and police say.

Members of the police’s elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit and the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit encircled a building in Tulkarem this morning and carried out a tactic known as “pressure cooker” that involves escalating the volume of fire directed at a building to force a suspect to come out.

The IDF says the suspect, Islam Odeh, opened fire from the building and was eventually killed in an exchange of fire.

In the suspect’s car, the IDF says it found weapons, including parts to build a bomb.

According to the military, Odeh was a member of a Hamas network in Tulkarem and was involved in planning a major terror attack on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre with Hamas commander Zahi Oufi, who was killed in an airstrike on October 3.

“After the assassination of Oufi, Odeh commanded and led the network and in recent days was planning more attacks,” the statement says.

במהלך הפעילות, המחבל פתח באש לעבר הלוחמים שהחלו בנוהל "סיר לחץ" וירו לעברו. בתום חילופי האש המחבל אסלאם עודה חוסל.
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