In the early hours of October 4, local time, the Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli Security Service issued a joint announcement saying that during a joint counter-terrorism operation on October 3, the Israeli Air Force killed a Hamas leader in the Tulkarm Governorate.
The person in charge is Zahi Arthur Abdul Rázek Offie, the statement said. Offie planned and led the 2024 of the attempted September 2 car bomb attack in Atrete and supplied weapons to a large number of armed men in the area, he also planned and led terrorist attacks against Israel that resulted in the wounding of Israeli civilians.
The statement also said that in addition to Offie himself, a number of other key armed groups in the Tulkarm Governorate were also killed by the Israeli side.
Since the current round of Israeli-palestinian conflict broke out in October last year, Israel has been advancing its military operations in the Gaza Strip while carrying out numerous raids and arrests of Palestinians in the west bank, bombing the so-called safe houses of Palestinian militants in the refugee camps. Groups of Jewish settlers have frequently attacked Palestinian civilians. More than 700 Palestinians in the west bank have died at the hands of Israeli forces or Jewish settlers since the start of the Israeli-palestinian conflict, according to Palestinian health officials.