In a statement on Friday, Israel's military said it had deployed troops from multiple divisions, along with border police and members of the Shin Bet security service, into Qabatiya. It said forces had raided the attack suspect's home and were preparing to demolish it.
According to initial police estimates, the assailant, an Arab from the city of Qabatiya in Judea and Samaria, intentionally ran over and fatally injured with his vehicle a 68-year-old man in Beit She'an. He then fled the scene and stabbed a 19-year-old woman outside Kibbutz Ein Harod, who wa
During the night (Wednesday), as part of the "Five Stones" anti-terror offensive, IDF (Israel Defense Forces), a terrorist threw an explosive charge toward a Paratroopers Reconnaissance Unit patrol in the Qabatiya area in Samaria.
One of the strikes, in the village of Qabatiya, hit a vehicle carrying several terrorists on their way to carry out what the IDF said was an "imminent terrorist attack."
Most of the terrorists were eliminated in two airstrikes: One was an attack on a vehicle travelling south of Qabatiya in the Jenin area, in which four terrorists were killed, including Hamas members.