Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks to officers in the West Bank, September 8, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visits a lookout point near two villages in the West Bank from which the two Palestinian terrorists set out to carry out this morning’s deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem.
“We are here after a very serious attack. I have ordered a full closure of the area from which the terrorists came out,” Zamir says at the scene, according to remarks provided by the IDF.
“We will continue with a determined and ongoing operational and intelligence effort, pursue the terror nests everywhere, and thwart the terror infrastructure and its organizers,” he adds.
Mohammad Taha, 21, from Qatanna, and Muthanna Amro, 20, from Qubeiba, named by the Shin Bet as the perpetrators of a deadly terrorist attack in Jerusalem on September 8, 2025.
The two gunmen are identified by the Shin Bet as Mohammad Taha, 21, from Qatanna, and Muthanna Amro, 20, from Qubeiba. The two villages are adjacent to each other on the outskirts of Ramallah, west of Ramot Junction, where the attack took place.
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