JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, formerly associated with the Fatah terror organization, announced Thursday that the organization’s commander in the al-Ein “refugee” camp near Shechem, Amir Khalifa, was eliminated overnight. According to the organization, Khalifa was killed by the IDF in the village of Zawata, west of Shechem. The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry confirmed that the terrorist was eliminated.
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The organization also reported that at around 4:00 AM, a heavy gunbattle broke out between the organization’s terrorists and IDF soldiers.
According to the Arabic Wafa news agency, the terrorist’s brother claimed that the ambush was carried out by the IDF, which lured the terrorist out of the el-Ein and killed him.
He added that his brother had been “wanted by the occupation forces for two years and survived several assassination attempts by Israeli special forces.”
A Hamas spokesperson said that “The increase in eliminations demonstrates the helplessness of the occupations forces in fighting the heros of the opposition.” He added that “The cowardly elimination tactics will not stop the growth of armed opposition or frighten its revolutionary heroes, but will serve as fuel for the revolution of our people with heroic revenge actions for the martyrs.”
IDF forces announced that they arrested a 21-year-old suspect in Yericho last week who had intended to perpetrate a terrorist attack in Israel. In another incident four days ago, the IDF intercepted a terrorist cell near Jenin on its way to an attack, eliminating three terrorists. There were no casualties in these incidents.