Archive: IDF activity
Archive: IDF activityIDF Spokesman

Security forces operated overnight to locate and apprehend the second suspect involved in the shooting attack near Beit El on Friday

IDF, ISA, and Israel Border Police forces apprehended the suspect, 19-year-old Muhammad Odeh, in the town of Dayr Jarir, along with two additional suspects who assisted the assailants in the attack.

In the assailant’s home, weapons, uniforms and propaganda materials were found.

Muhammad Odeh, was apprehended as a suspected individual involved in the shooting attack Friday near the town of Beit El. Odeh and two additional suspects who assisted the assailants in the attack were apprehended and transferred to security forces for further processing.

During the attack, IDF soldiers conducting routine counterterrorism activity in the area neutralized Kays Shajaia, a 23-year-old Hamas terror organization operative residing in the town Dayr Jarir. Kays Shajaia served jail time in the past due to his involvement in terror.