IDF chief orders ‘thorough’ probe of killing of 2 Palestinian terror operatives who surrendered

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has instructed army officials to complete an investigation into the deadly shooting of two Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror operatives who had surrendered to Border Police officers in the West Bank city of Jenin last week.

Zamir toured several villages in the northeast of the West Bank earlier today, where the IDF has been conducting a counterterrorism operation since Wednesday.

The military says that, during an assessment, Zamir noted that the shooting in Jenin requires “thorough clarification,” and he instructed that the “operational investigation be completed immediately after the conclusion of the ongoing Justice Ministry’s Department for Internal Police Investigations inquiry.”

The DIPI has opened a criminal investigation into three Border Police officers involved in the incident.

“We are operating continuously to thwart terror. We will strengthen the defense and security of the communities in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank]. We will not allow the terror threat to grow and will act to thwart it in advance through proactive offensive activity,” Zamir also says during the assessment, according to remarks provided by the IDF.