2 Terrorists Who Fired At Israeli Vehicles This Week Eliminated By IDF

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two terrorists who carried out a shooting attack in Samaria this week were eliminated Saturday morning in an IDF operation in the Nur A-Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm. The two Islamic Jihad terrorists, Hamza Qaryush and Samar El-Shafi, had opened fire on Israeli cars near the community of Avnei Hefetz south of the city and were suspected of planning further shooting attacks on Israeli targets.

Special police forces raided the terrorists hideout and when they tried to escape via the roof, succeeded in killing them. An IDF spokesperson said that two other suspects in the attack were arrested: Mahmad Abad al-Fatah Balidi, and Ibrahim Ahmad Kasba, ages 21 and 19 of Tulkarem. The two have been transferred for interrogation by the Shin Bet.

In the Tuesday morning attack, the terrorists opened fire on multiple Israeli civilian vehicles outside the town of Avnei Hefetz in Samaria.

According to a preliminary investigation, a car with Palestinian Authority license plates approached the Israeli vehicles from a nearby Arab town. A terrorist exited the vehicle, opened fire on the Israeli cars, then returned to his vehicle and drove off. The vehicles were heavily damaged by the gunfire but miraculously there were no injuries in the incident.