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| Busy in the West Bank: 5 PIJ gunnies toes up in Tamun, emir and #2 tied up in Tubas, the hunt for the mother-killer continues | ||
| 2025-05-16 | ||
| Islamic Jihad confirms five members killed by Israeli forces in Tamun [IsraelTimes] The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group announces the deaths of five members who were killed by Israeli commandos in the West Bank this morning. Troops of the Duvdevan unit had encircled a house in Tamun where the gunmen were holed up, and exchanged fire with them, killing five and detaining one, according to the IDF. Islamic Jihad names its slain terror operatives as Saher Basharat, Ibrahim Odeh, Reza Odeh, Islam Odeh and Wadih Odeh.
In Tamun, commandos of the Duvdevan unit exchanged fire with a group of gunmen holed up in a building, according to military sources. Five gunmen were killed, and one suspect was detained. The troops also located several assault rifles and other military equipment, the military says. Meanwhile, in Tubas, police say undercover Border Police officers raided an apartment where the head of a local terror network was hiding, following intelligence of his whereabouts provided by the Shin Bet. The commander and another prominent operative were detained, police say, adding that the pair worked to arm other operatives and were planning terror attacks. The officers seized six assault rifles, a handgun, four grenades, and other military equipment during the raid, police add.
Other military operations are being carried out this morning in Tubas and Barta’a, where forces have located weapons, the official says. The IDF is also searching for the Palestinian terrorist who carried out last night’s deadly shooting attack. Defense Ministry security guard lightly hurt after vehicle accelerated at southern West Bank checkpoint [IsraelTimes] A Defense Ministry security guard was lightly injured after a vehicle accelerated during a security check at the Meitar checkpoint in the southern West Bank. According to the ministry, a vehicle that arrived from the direction of Beersheba was stopped by a security guard. During the screening, the car accelerated while the guard had his upper body inside the window of the car. The guard was lightly injured and the car fled back toward Beersheba, it adds. IDF believes deadly West Bank shooting was carried out by lone terrorist who fired from side of the road The murderer of pregnant mother -of-three Tzeela Gez, shot to death as her husband was driving to the hospital to deliver their fourth child. [IsraelTimes] The IDF believes that yesterday’s deadly shooting attack in the West Bank was carried out by a sole terrorist, who opened fire from the side of the road on motorists. Because of this assessment, the IDF says it is reorganizing its deployment near Bruchin and working to defoliate the area from which the gunfire was carried out.The IDF continues to surround the nearby Palestinian towns of Bruqin and Kafr ad-Dik, amid the manhunt for the terrorist. During efforts to save Gez’s life, doctors performed an emergency C-section to deliver her baby. The newborn boy — the couple’s fourth child — is in serious but stable condition. “A couple of parents were driving to the happiest moment that a parent can experience and the wife is killed on the way. It’s a horrific incident,” Ben Yosef says. | ||
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