Israeli army says it killed two Palestinians who were about to carry out attacks in West Bank

The Israeli army says it has “eliminated” On the night of Friday 30 to Saturday 31 August, two Palestinians were preparing to carry out explosive attacks near settlements in the West Bank. “A terrorist attempted to carry out a car bomb attack” near Guzh Etzion, then a second one was chased after having “infiltrated in Karmei Zur”another colony further south. “In the chase, there was a collision between the cars of the security chief and the terrorist, leading to the elimination of the terrorist. In the confrontation, an explosive device exploded in the terrorist’s car.”adds the IDF.

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which the Israeli army has vowed to destroy in the Gaza Strip after its deadly attack on Israeli soil on October 7, welcomed a “coordinated attack” led “at a sensitive moment, when the occupier [israélien] leads escalation in West Bank”At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank by the Israeli army since Wednesday, mostly fighters, during operations launched simultaneously in three cities in the north of this Palestinian territory.