From Two PIJ gunmen planning imminent terror attack killed by troops in West Bank – IDF
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Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen who were planning an imminent terror attack were killed by Israeli troops during a raid in the northern West Bank town of Tammun overnight, the military, police, and Shin Bet say.
The pair are identified by Israeli defense authorities and Palestinian media as Muhammad Qasim Suleiman, 29, and Alaa Jawdat Bani Odeh, 20. Their bodies are reportedly being held by Israel.
The IDF and Shin Bet say the two terror operatives were advancing shootings and bombings from Tammun, and were planning to carry out an “imminent” attack.
During the overnight raid, officers of the police’s Yamam counter-terror unit, IDF troops, and Shin Bet agents reached a building in Tammun where the suspects were holed up, and began to employ a tactic known as “pressure cooker,” which involves escalating the volume of fire against a building to flush suspects out.
The Yamam officers fired shoulder-launched missiles at the building and opened fire, until the pair were eventually killed, the joint statement says.
المطاردان الشهيدان علاء جودات خضر بني عودة ومحمد قاسم سليمان بني عودة اللذان ارتقيا فجر اليوم بعد اشتباك خاضاه مع قوات الاحتلال وحصار وقصف استهدفهما في بلدة طمون جنوب طوباس. pic.twitter.com/y9qpiE6yMJ
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