The wanted Palestinian killed by officers of police’s Yamam counterterror unit in the West Bank city of Nablus this evening is suspected of being behind a deadly car-ramming attack in May 2024.
The ramming attack on May 29, 2024, just outside Nablus, left two soldiers dead: Staff Sgt. Eliya Hilel, and Staff Sgt. Diego Shvisha Harsaj, both 20-year-old infantrymen in the Kfir Brigade’s Nahshon Battalion.
After the attack, the assailant fled into Nablus and initially turned himself over to the Palestinian Authority’s security forces. However, instead of being handed over to Israel, the suspect was freed from the PA’s custody, and he has been wanted since.
Security forces had said this evening that Yamam officers were exchanging fire with a wanted terrorist in Nablus, adding that further details will be provided later.
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