Security sources tell us that Israeli forces operating in Tulkarm arrested Anan Kamal Afif Yaish, a 19 year-old senior operative in Tulkarm's Tanzim infrastructure. Yaish was arrested in light of information indicating that he was heading a terror cell planning a suicide bombing against Israeli civilians in the immediate future. The information came from Amar Sami Muhammad Suliman, an 18 year-old designated as the bomber in the intended attack. Suliman was arrested on November 23.
During the operation, special Border Police forces surrounded the building in which Yaish was located and called on loudspeakers for him to come out. They then identified the armed Yaish and another man fleeing from the building. The Border Police called on the men to stop and fired into the air. When they did not comply, the forces fired at the two, wounding them.
Yaish, who was carrying a handgun, was hit in the leg and was later evacuated to a hospital in Israel to receive medical treatment. The second man received medical treatment by the forces on location, but died of his wounds while being evacuated.
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