Terrorist Killed during Attack on IDF Post in Samaria

6 October, 2020   |   5 years ago

Jerusalem, 6 October, 2020 (TPS-IL) -- An Arab terrorist was shot dead Monday night by IDF troops while attacking an IDF post in Samaria.

The IDF stated that three terrorists hurled Molotov cocktails at IDF soldiers at a military post adjacent to Jenin, near the community of Einav in Samaria.

The soldiers responded with gunfire and hit one of the terrorists.

The other two terrorists fled the scene. The IDF launched a manhunt for them.

No Israeli were harmed in the attack.

The killed terrorist was identified as Samir Hamidi. He had served three and a half years in an Israeli prison for terrorism-related offenses and was a member of the Fatah.