Joint message from the IDF spokesperson and Shin Bet:

In an aerial strike in the area of Jenin, the IDF and Shin Bet eliminated the murderer of Meir Tamari z”l.

In a joint operation of the IDF and Shin Bet, an aircraft from the Air Force attacked a vehicle carrying two senior PFLP terrorists in the area of Jenin.

In the strike, Ahmad Barakat, who carried out the shooting attack in Haremesh in May 2023, in which Meir Tamari z”l was murdered, was killed. Also targeted was Mohammad Khawashin, the commander of the PFLP’s terror infrastructure in Jenin, along with two additional terrorists.

The two terrorists who were targeted were also recently promoting significant terror attacks and attacks against Israeli citizens. The two were behind an attempt to inflict damage into the heart of Israel, which was thwarted on 11.3, and they planned the explosive attack carried out against IDF forces on 8.3 in which seven soldiers were injured in the area of Hamesh junction.

The IDF and Shin Bet will continue to act to remove any threat and throttle terror infrastructure which seeks to carry out murderous attacks, and will also hold those who harm Israeli citizens to account.

Attached is documentation from the attack: https://bit.ly/3viO9WA