Two senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed in Jenin overnight Thursday as part of a joint anti-terrorism operation conducted by the IDF and Shin Bet security agency, according to a military statement.
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Ahmed Barkhat and Mohammad Hawashin were targeted while driving a vehicle. Barkhat carried out the Homesh shooting attack last May, in which Meir Tamari was murdered and Hawashin was commander of the PIJ network in Jenin.
Video: Footage of the assassination / Credit: Free usage under Israeli copyright law (Section 27A)
The two were planning terror attacks against Israeli civilians before being eliminated. On March 11, the two organized a bombing attack in central Israel, an attack that was thwarted by security forces. They also directed the March 8 attack on IDF forces near the Homesh junction, in which seven soldiers were injured.
Two additional terrorists were also killed in the attack.
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