Shin Bet on Wednesday reported arrest of Mahmoud Qawasmeh, terrorist behind 2014 Gush Etzion, West Bank kidnapping, during the raid at the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City earlier on Tuesday.
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Qawasmeh was deported to the Gaza Strip as part of the 'Schalit deal.' Afterwards, "he was involved in directing terrorist activities of Hamas in the West Bank, including a number of shooting attacks carried out in recent years," read the Shin Bet statement.
The IDF reports that 90 terrorists have been eliminated and over 300 individuals have been questioned in the raid on Al-Shifa hospital. Former IDF Special Forces Commander Lt. Col. (Res.) Doron Avital (@da64) breaks down the details of the operation pic.twitter.com/pcBqoofvN5
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The victims of the abduction and killing in the West Bank back in 2014, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaer, and Naftali Fraenkel, were Israeli students aged 16 and 19.
Israeli security forces have killed approximately 90 terrorists during the operation in the area, as well as questioned over 300 suspects near the Shifa compound.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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