Hamas commander killed in West Bank’s Tulkarem camp airstrike that left 18 dead, IDF confirms

Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi led the Hamas network in Tulkarm, West Bank, and was instrumental in supplying weapons to militants and organizing multiple assaults targeting Israelis in the West Bank and Israel.

Oct 4, 2024 - 11:30
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Hamas commander killed in West Bank’s Tulkarem camp airstrike that left 18 dead, IDF confirms

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the elimination of Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, a senior Hamas operative liable for coordinating an very good deal of attacks, including a failed car-bombing in Ateret on September 2. Oufi led the Hamas network in Tulkarm, West Bank, and became instrumental in supplying weapons to militants and organizing greater than one assaults targeting Israelis within the West Bank and Israel. The IDF also confirmed that a couple of different militants involved within the Hamas network within the area were neutralized at some point of the operation.

The statement as well noted that Oufi became involved within the planning and execution of an very good deal of assaults on Israelis within the West Bank and worked to enhance the Hamas network by supporting other militants in finishing up significant shooting attacks and car bombings.

To boot as Oufi, a couple of different high-ranking members of the Hamas network in Tulkarm were also killed within the operation, based on the IDF.

In keeping with the statement, a couple of different Hamas operatives were killed within the attack. Oufi became within the back of the attempted terror attack in Ateret within the West Bank in September, and became planning many more such attacks while providing weapons across the region, the defense force said.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the strikes in Tul Karm were directed at a building where a crowded café became. A Red Crescent paramedic said the building became badly damaged, and that a hearth broke out on the scene. In keeping with reports, many persons are still trapped below the ruins.

The Palestinian government “calls for urgent international action to stop the escalating massacres” against its people, it said in an announcement.

A camp official, Faisal Salama, told the AFP news agency that the strike had been carried out with an F-sixteen fighter.

Israeli defense force raids and attacks have surged across the occupied West Bank since Israel launched its war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023.

Between October 7 of last year and the head of September, 695 Palestinians have been killed within the West Bank, based on a tally from the United Nations humanitarian office (OCHA).

The vast majority of people were killed by the Israeli army, while a dozen were killed by Israeli settlers, OCHA said.

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