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Israeli troops, intelligence agents and border police, acting in a joint operation, killed an important Islamic Jihad leader Sunday night.
The leader, identified as Jihad Nawahada, 23, an al-Quds Brigades’ member, had been on Israel’s most wanted list for a long time. He was killed in the operation, which occurred in the village al-Yamoun, lying just to the west of Jenin on the West Bank.
Mr. Nawahada, according to the reports, had been recently released from a Palestinian prison after having been incarcerated for more than five months by Palestinian forces loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
A Hamas Web site said “during the night, Israeli special forces whose members were disguised as Palestinian civilians infiltrated. It advanced using a Mercedes with Palestinian license plates.”

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According to that report, after Mr. Nawahada was positively identified in the street, “he came under intensive fire from the (Israel Defense Forces) IDF special forces, as a result of which he sustained critical injuries. The force kidnapped the boy to an unknown location.”
The Israeli Army spokesperson’s office confirmed the assault, saying troops fired at Mr. Nawahada, hitting him.
“The troops evacuated the wanted man to a hospital in Israel, but the wanted man died of his injuries before he arrived at the hospital,” the office said. “He was released in September from the prison in Jenin, but resumed terrorist activity. He had been wanted for the past number of months because he was planning terror attacks in the Jenin area.”
David Bedein can be reached at dbedein@israelbehindthenews.com
