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Security forces capture accomplice to deadly West Bank terror attack last year
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
An accomplice to a deadly terror attack in the West Bank last year was captured by Israeli forces in Jenin yesterday, the IDF and police announce.
Officers of the police’s elite Yamam unit and IDF troops operated in Jenin and arrested Mohammed Zaidan, who is accused of being an accomplice to the attack in the Palestinian village of al-Funduq on January 6, 2025, in which three Israelis were murdered and eight were wounded.
The IDF says Zaidan was a prominent member of a terror network in Jenin and was involved in funding other terrorists and advancing attacks against Israel.
The shooting attack, which targeted a bus and two cars, occurred inside the village of al-Funduq, which straddles a major artery used by thousands of Israelis and Palestinian drivers daily.
At least three gunmen carried out the shooting, killing off-duty police officer Master Sgt. Elad Yaakov Winkelstein and civilians Rachel Cohen and Aliza Raiz.
Two of the gunmen were killed by Israeli soldiers several weeks after the attack, and the third was killed in April 2025.
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