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Hamas Samaria commander zapped
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Two Hamas operatives killed in IDF drone strike in West Bank’s Tulkarem [IsraelTimes] Security forces say one of the dead, Ihab Abu Atiwi, was the local leader of the terror group; PA says three others wounded in strike The Israel Defense Forces carried out a dronezap on Monday in the West Bank city Tulkarem, killing two Paleostinians that Hamas  ..a regional Iranian catspaw,...identified as members of its armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam brigades. According to the Paleostinian Authority health ministry, the strike also maimed three people. In a statement released Monday evening, the IDF and Shin Bet said that the strike "eliminated the head of the Hamas terrorist organization in Tulkarem." The statement said, "In a joint operation earlier today, an IAF aircraft struck in the Tulkarem area, within the Ephraim Brigade, and eliminated Ihab Abu Atiwi, who served as the head of Hamas’s terrorist organization in Tulkarm. Another terrorist was also killed in the strike." The military said that "Abu Atiwi was involved in numerous shooting attacks, including one targeting an Israeli vehicle at the Ramin Junction on July 16, 2024, in which three Israeli civilians were maimed." In a statement, Hamas named the second slain member as Ramez Damiri, and said that their blood was not spilled "in vain" and their deaths would encourage "the escalation of the resistance and the continuation of its heroic operations." The IDF said the strike was part of the ongoing counterterror operations in the West Bank, which began earlier this month, centering on the northern city of Jenin. A senior IDF officer in the West Bank division told news hounds on Thursday that the operation, dubbed Operation Iron Wall, was launched to neutralize the so-called Jenin Battalion, made up of operatives affiliated with terror groups such as Hamas and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... Operation Iron Wall is the third major IDF incursion in less than two years in Jenin, a longtime stronghold of terror groups including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which said its forces were fighting Israeli troops. Related: Tulkarem: 2025-01-19 Man seriously hurt in Tel Aviv stabbing; Palestinian terrorist shot dead Tulkarem: 2025-01-15 Israel continues raids in occupied West Bank villages Tulkarem: 2025-01-12 IDF releases footage showing gunmen using West Bank mosques to attack troops Related: Operation Iron Wall: 2025-01-27 IDF says troops destroyed bomb-making lab in West Bank’s Jenin Operation Iron Wall: 2025-01-27 PA says toddler killed by Israeli fire in West Bank; IDF: investigating incident Operation Iron Wall: 2025-01-25 In Jenin, IDF killed 2 gunmen who shot 3 Israelis dead in terror attack this month Related: Jenin Battalion: 2025-01-27 PA says toddler killed by Israeli fire in West Bank; IDF: investigating incident Jenin Battalion: 2025-01-25 In Jenin, IDF killed 2 gunmen who shot 3 Israelis dead in terror attack this month Jenin Battalion: 2025-01-22 IDF launches major counterterror raid in West Bank’s Jenin, expected to last days Posted by: Fred 2025-01-28 |
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