Border Police officers killed a Hamas commander and three other Palestinian terrorists during a West Bank arrest raid late Monday targeting a man accused of carrying out an arson attack on a settler outpost a day earlier, authorities said.
One officer was slightly hurt amid the operation, police said.
The incident occurred in the West Bank town of Kafr Ni’ma near Ramallah in the central West Bank, as troops carried out a manhunt for the terrorists behind Sunday night’s attack on the Sde Ephraim outpost.
Undercover Border Police officers and IDF troops approached a hideout where the cell that allegedly carried out the attack was gathered, causing the main suspect and three others to attempt to flee in a car, police said.
Police said the suspects tried to ram into the officers while making their escape. Officers opened fire at the vehicle in response, killing the four men inside.
In their vehicle, troops found a makeshift sub-machine gun, a military vest, and explosive devices, authorities said. READ MORE