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Sunday, August 18, 2024
IDF says Jenin strike targeted Hamas operatives who helped orchestrate deadly terror shooting
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Two senior Hamas terrorists were killed in the Israeli drone strike in the West Bank city of Jenin this evening, the IDF and Shin Bet security agency say.
According to the military and Shin Bet, the pair were involved in planning a shooting attack in the Jordan Valley last week, in which 23-year-old Yonatan Deutsch was killed and another civilian was wounded.
Ahmed Abu Ara, from Aqqaba, and Raafat Dawasi, from Silat al-Harithiya, were killed in the drone strike that targeted the car they were in, in Jenin.
The IDF and Shin Bet say that Abu Ara was involved in additional terror attacks, as well as being involved in manufacturing explosive devices, and Dawasi was a senior member of a Hamas terror network in Jenin.
The military releases footage of the strike.
כלי-טיס תקף מהאוויר רכב בג׳נין שבחטיבת מנשה, בו חוסלו שני פעילי חמאס בכירים.
המחבל אחמד אבו ערה מעקאבה, היה מעורב בפיגועים נוספים. כמו כן, שימש כגורם בכיר המעורב בייצור של מטענים למטרות טרור.
בנוסף, המחבל ראפת דואסי מסילת אלחרתיה, בכיר בתשתית החמאס הצבאית במרחב ג׳נין.השניים… pic.twitter.com/y7BbTBiWQw
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