Soldiers make an arrest Israeli father and kid are allegedly killed by Palestinians in a terror incident

 Soldiers make an arrest Israeli father and kid are allegedly killed by Palestinians in a terror incident

At a carwash in the West Bank city of Huwara, Osama Bani Fadl is accused of shooting Shay Silas Nigrekar and his son Aviad Nir to death; eight Palestinians are said to have died in the fighting.

The Israeli Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency stated in a joint statement on Sunday that Israeli soldiers had detained Osama Bani Fadl, a wanted Palestinian who is accused of murdering an Israeli father and son in a terrorist incident in the West Bank community of Huwara in August.

At a carwash in the town south of Nablus, Shay Silas Nigrekar, 60, and his son Aviad Nir, 28, from Ashdod were shot and killed.

According to Palestinian health authorities, the arrests took place amid a 24-hour period of violent fighting in the West Bank that claimed the lives of eight Palestinians.

An operation that lasted an hour at the Jenin refugee camp resulted in the arrest of Bani Fadl. He was thought to be armed and sheltering in an apartment occupied by local terrorist operators, according to the IDF and Shin Bet.

IDF footage shows troops examining a Jenin home when they discover Bani Fadl concealed in an attic above a door that is concealed by two walls. Along with ammunition, an M-16 weapon, and a Hamas flag, he was discovered hiding.

Days after the shooting incident, the alleged terrorist's house in Aqraba, close to Nablus, was scheduled to be razed.

Indian native Nigrekar and his son Neer were shot and killed by a terrorist who had come on foot and started firing a weapon at close range. The shooter fled after that.

Huwara has long been a popular destination in the West Bank, with Israelis often using the town's major highway to go to and from the settlements.

The IDF added in a separate statement that further actions were carried out in Jenin. Israeli troops and protestors who tossed explosives got into a fight. Additionally, there was a gunfight between security personnel and local militants.

The 646th Reserve Brigade sent men for the Jenin raid. Since many of Israel's front-line soldiers are engaged in the conflict that started last month against the Islamist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip, reservists rather than regular army personnel have been stationed in the West Bank.

According to the IDF, forces shot and killed five Palestinian militants in Jenin, injured several, and detained 21 more Palestinians who were sought. Additionally, it said that a drone attack on a group of Palestinians with weapons had "put our forces at risk." According to the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry, three Palestinians were murdered in various parts of the West Bank and five Palestinians were slain in Jenin. Early on Saturday morning. According to the ministry, one of the deceased in al-Bireh, in the central West Bank, was a teenager.

According to Palestinian media, one person was killed and four others were wounded in a drone attack on a home in the Jenin refugee camp's Damaj district. According to a Wafa news agency report on Sunday, another Palestinian man was shot and killed during an IDF operation in the town of Yatma, south of Nablus.

The IDF claimed that an explosives laboratory was destroyed during the Jenin assault. Additionally, explosives buried under and along roadways were discovered by engineering soldiers. According to the IDF, soldiers also took control of guns, explosives, and more military and surveillance gear.

According to local media, the governorate of Jenin in the Palestinian Authority declared a countrywide strike on Sunday in observance of the holiday.

Since October 7, when Hamas led hundreds of terrorists in a cross-border incursion from Gaza into Israel that killed over 1,200 people, the majority of whom were civilians, tensions in the West Bank have been very high. About 240 persons of different ages were held captive in the Gaza Strip by terrorists. In response, Israel launched a military operation to drive Hamas out of Gaza.

More than 1,100 Palestinians with Hamas affiliations have been apprehended by IDF in the West Bank, out of over 2,000 wanted individuals since Hamas's deadly assault on Israel and the battle that followed. About 200 Palestinians in the West Bank have died at the hands of Israeli soldiers, and sometimes Israelis as well, according to the Health Ministry of the Palestinian Authority.

During recent turmoil, the military has conducted large-scale raids on Jenin in the past.

The release of Palestinian detainees in an exchange arrangement for Israeli hostages who were abducted over the weekend has the IDF bracing for potential conflict. The fact that riots are occurring in towns and villages is a serious worry as it may result in altercations with security personnel and even terrorist acts against Israelis who are just passing through the West Bank.

Thus far, 14 foreign nationals and 26 Israeli captives have been freed from Hamas' clutches. Israel freed Palestinian women and minors detained for security reasons in exchange. A brief cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip is another provision of the accord. Even with the planned release of more captives in the next several days, the majority will remain in captivity due to the system.

The recent spike in violence comes after almost a year of increasing raids, arrests, and fatal Palestinian assaults on Israelis in the West Bank. 2023 was already the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank in the previous 20 years prior to the Hamas strike.