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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Troops kill Palestinian gunman behind today’s deadly shooting attack
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Palestinian gunman behind this morning’s deadly shooting attack in the southern West Bank has been killed by troops in Hebron, the military says.
Troops of the Duvdevan Commando Unit surrounded a building in Hebron where the gunman was holed up, following intelligence on his whereabouts provided by the Shin Bet security agency and Military Intelligence Directorate.
The commandos carried out a tactic known as “pressure cooker” that involves escalating the volume of fire directed at a building to force a suspect to come out.
The soldiers fired shoulder-launched missiles at the building, and the gunman was eventually killed. A military source says the troops found an M16 assault rifle on his body.
لحظة قصف الاحتلال المنزل الذي تحصن بداخله منفذ عملية ترقوميا في الخليل pic.twitter.com/Fcic5FkG6Y
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It is unclear if there are other suspects at large.
Three police officers were killed in the attack this morning near Tarqumiyah.
