Posted on 05/08/2022 7:28:19 AM PDT by Conservat1
Israeli security forces caught the two terrorists who carried out a deadly attack in Elad, four days after they went on a rampage in the city.Israel Police, Shin Bet and IDF capturing the two terrorists who carried out an attack in Elad on May 5 that left three dead (credit: Israel Police, Shin Bet, IDF).
IDF forces, Shin Bet officers and police caught the two suspects 19-year-old As'sad al-Rifai and 20-year-old Emad Subhi Abu Shqeir, both from Rumana in the Jenin area of the West Bank, alive in a forested area close to Elad near Park Nahshonim.
IDF has confirmed that the two were caught and have been transferred to the Shin Bet for further investigation. They were caught not far from Elad where they carried out the attack.
They were located after a massive manhunt where security forces including special forces from the IDF's commando units, advanced technologies including intelligence, canine units and helicopters.
On Saturday a force consisting of Shin Bet officers as well as troops from the IDF's Maglan commando unit and Mirol Reserve Unit identified suspicious objects in the area, which led security forces to concentrate around a quarry. The force returned to the area on Sunday morning and identified suspicious movement and arrested the two.The terrorists were unarmed. Suspects in the Elad ax terrorist attack, 20-year-old Tzabahi Abu Shakir (Left) and 19 year-old Assad al-Rafai (Right). (credit: ISRAEL POLICE) ...
The officer, who took part in the search, told reporters that security forces had set up a joint command center near Nahsholim and that the area where the terrorists were caught had been searched several times during the chase. When the blood was found by forces on Saturday, it was the 'last hint' that the terrorists were in the area. Security forces got the DNA back at 2AM that confirmed they were in the area.
Deputy Maglan Platoon Leader. Y (who can't be identified), told reporters that he had been searching for the terrorists from Thursday evening until this morning when he noticed something suspicious in a nearby bush. IDF search for the two terrorists who murdered three people in Elad on Independence Day.
"We identified what looked like a body that was suspicious in a bush and as I approached closer I saw the body was breathing and I called for backup and we surprised them. They did not resist arrest." Y said that he had searched the area several times during the chase and when he located the terrorists, they were hidden under a bush and did not have any food or water with them.
They did not have cell phones on them either. While the two did not talk at first 'because they were totally surprised,' Y explained that they were quickly able to identify them.
In a video from the scene, al-Rifai is heard identifying himself and his accomplice Subhi Sbaihat.
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The Israel Police, the IDF and the General Security Service managed to capture the two terrorists who murdered three Israelis in the city of Elad on Thursday evening.
The two were trapped in a grove near Rosh HaAyin, in a tangled area. Items found by the terrorists during their escape from Elad were found in the area. The two had no food or water and they did not object to the arrest. In a video circulated on social media it can be seen that they were trapped inside a tangled area where the forces conducted searches.
Hundreds of soldiers, policemen and members of the General Security Service took part in the hunt for the two terrorists. The combined pursuit included the operation of technological, intelligence, collection forces and special units, of the police, the GSS and the IDF, including the Magellan unit, the poisoning unit, the commando brigade fighters and the assistance of Israeli Air Force helicopters. Police and the General Security Service said a combined team spotted the two suspects near the quarry.
The two terrorists are Assad Yussef Assad Al-Rafa'i (19) and Tzabahi Imad Tzabhi Abu Shakir (20) from the village of Romana in the Jenin district. In a video of a security camera that was circulated on social networks, the two can be seen running on one of the streets of Elad and hitting the driver of a passing car with an ax.
In another video, you can see the first interrogation carried out on the terrorist Assad al-Rafa'i, in which he talks about his part in the attack on Elad and mentions the name of his friend, Tzabahi Abu Shakir.
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