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Thursday, November 14, 2024
IDF says two senior terror operatives killed in West Bank raid overnight
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Two Palestinian gunmen, including a senior terror operative, were killed by special forces in the West Bank last night, the military and police say.
Officers of the police’s elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit, alongside soldiers of the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit, operated in the town of Danaba, near Tulkarem, to arrest wanted Palestinians.
During the raid, one of the wanted Palestinians, who was armed, attempted to flee with another suspect. The Yamam officer opened fire, killing the two Palestinians and wounding a third.
The IDF and police say that one of the slain gunmen was the head of a terror network in Tulkarem. He was involved in attacks and responsible for recruiting operatives, according to the statement.
No Israeli forces were hurt in the raid.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) assassinated two Palestinian resistance fighters on Wednesday evening after besieging a house in Ezbet al-Jarad suburb, east of Tulkarem in the West Bank.https://t.co/DBPa3CYFQF
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