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Saturday, February 1, 2025
IDF drone strike in West Bank said to kill Palestinian prisoner freed in 2023 deal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
One of two Palestinian gunmen killed in an IDF drone strike in the West Bank city of Qabatiya this evening is identified by Palestinian media as Abd Issam Alawneh.
Alawneh had been previously detained by Israel, and was released in the November 2023 hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas.
He is the fourth Palestinian released in the November 2023 deal to have been killed by Israel.
A separate drone strike in Jenin this evening killed three more Palestinians, according to media reports.
المقــاوم عبد عصام عــلاونة، أحد الأسرى الذين حررتهم المـــقاومة خلال اتفاق تبادل التهدئة بالحرب عام 2023، واستشـــهد قبل قليل بقصف طيران الاحتلال مركبة في بلدة قباطية جنوب جنين. pic.twitter.com/Ks6ROJjfXs
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