Shin Bet identifies terrorists from deadly shooting as brothers Muhammad and Kathem Zawahra, and Ahmed Al-Wahsh

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Police at the scene of a terror shooting attack on Route 1 near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, February 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Police at the scene of a terror shooting attack on Route 1 near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, February 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The terrorists who carried out the deadly shooting near Ma’ale Adumim are identified by the Shin Bet as Muhammad Zawahra, 26, and his brother Kathem Zawahra, 31, both residents of the Bethlehem area village of Ta’amra, and Ahmed Al-Wahsh, 31, a resident of Za’atara, also in the Bethlehem area.

Kathem Zawahra had been previously jailed for entering Israel illegally, the Shin Bet says.

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