The terrorist who murdered two Kfir Brigade soldiers, Staff Sergeant Eliya Hilel and Staff Sergeant Diego Gavriel Harsaj, in a ramming attack at the entrance to Shechem (Nablus) a year and a half ago, was eliminated on Monday evening in a firefight with Yamam forces.
According to defense officials, last year, there was a significant setback in the pursuit of the terrorist: the terrorist turned himself in to the Palestinian Authority security forces, and he was supposed to be handed over to Israeli forces.
The PA, in a unilateral move, released him, and contact with him was cut off. Since then, the security forces continued to search for him, without success, until this week.
On Monday evening, Yamam forces managed to locate him in a house in Shechem. The forces surrounded the building and fired two missiles at the house where he was hiding. Following the battle, the forces confirmed that the terrorist was eliminated.
In a statement on the elimination, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said, "After a pursuit of a year and a half, the IDF, Israel Police, ISA and Yamam forces eliminated the terrorist Ala Raouf Shetiyya a short while ago. The terrorist carried out a ramming attack at an entrance to Nablus on May 29, 2024, in which two soldiers from the 90th Battalion were killed; Staff Sergeant Diego Gavriel Harsaj and Staff Sergeant Eliya Hilel."
"During the operation in the structure where the terrorist was hiding, the forces identified that he had barricaded himself inside and was armed. In response, the forces opened in precise fire toward the location in order to neutralize the threat," the statement said.
"From the moment the terrorist fled the scene of the attack, the ISA and the IDF conducted a continuous intelligence effort, which led to the operation carried out this evening by Yamam, IDF and ISA forces."
The statement further noted that during the operation, several collaborators who operated with the terrorist were apprehended by IDF soldiers.