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Israeli Forces Eliminate Wanted Terrorist Who Served in PA Police
Israeli security forces during counter-terrorism operations in Samaria, Jan. 5, 2024. Photo: Israel Defense Forces.
JNS.org – Israeli security forces eliminated a wanted terrorist during an overnight operation in northern Samaria on Saturday. He had served in the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Service, according to reports.
The Israel Defense Forces, Israel Police and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) confirmed in a joint statement on Sunday that as part of counter-terror raids throughout Judea and Samaria, forces killed an armed terrorist during a shootout in the village of Meithalun, near Jenin.
Ramallah’s official Wafa news agency mourned the slain terrorist on Sunday morning as the “martyr hero” Hassan Ali Hassan Raba’iya, saying he held a rank in the P.A.’s police forces equivalent to that of lieutenant.
Anwar Rajab, a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF), “expressed his condolences to the family of the martyr, the entire Raba’iya family and the people of the village of Meithalun, asking Allah to bestow upon him His vast mercy and peace,” according to the official Wafa report.
The Israel Police’s Spokesperson’s Unit published video footage of the operation in which Raba’iya was killed on Sunday afternoon. The statement noted that forces, during searches of his home, found a shotgun, explosives, weapon parts and 96,000 shekels ($26,000) in cash.
Members of the PASF have a long history of carrying out attacks against Israelis. Last year, the P.A.’s ruling Fatah party boasted that most of its “martyrs” had served in the PASF.
In addition, the Hamas terrorist organization has recruited dozens of PASF operatives, using them as terrorist combatants and for intelligence gathering, Israel’s Kan News public broadcaster reported in mid-2023.
Last month, Axios reported that the Biden administration privately asked Israel to green-light an “urgent” request for US military aid to Ramallah.
The move came after the P.A. launched a rare counter-terror raid in Jenin, where Ramallah for years refused to act against Iranian-backed terrorist organizations, in violation of its commitments under the Oslo Accords.
Ramallah launched its operation, dubbed “Defense of the Homeland,” after the Dec. 5 seizure by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad of a P.A. vehicle and amid fears that terrorists in the Samaria city could attempt a coup inspired by the swift takedown of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria.
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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lays a wreath as he visits the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran alongside a member of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters and the Iraqi group said on Saturday.
The source identified the Hezbollah member as Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. The source said Khalil had been on a religious pilgrimage to Iraq when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
They traveled together to Tehran and were both killed in an Israeli strike there, along with Khalil’s son, the senior security source said. Hezbollah has not joined in Iran’s air strikes against Israel from Lebanon.
Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada published a statement confirming that both the head of its security unit and Khalil had been killed in an Israeli strike.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September.
Israel and Iran have been trading strikes for nine consecutive days since Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said it does not seek nuclear weapons.
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Hamas Financial Officer and Commander Eliminated by IDF in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers operate during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), in cooperation with the General Security Service (Shin Bet), announced on Friday the killing of Ibrahim Abu Shamala, a senior financial official in Hamas’ military wing.
The operation took place on June 17th in the central Gaza Strip.
Abu Shamala held several key positions, including financial officer for Hamas’ military wing and assistant to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing until his elimination in March 2024.
He was responsible for managing all the financial resources of Hamas’ military wing in Gaza, overseeing the planning and execution of the group’s war budget. This involved handling and smuggling millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip to fund Hamas’ military operations.
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Report: Wary of Assassination by Israel, Khamenei Names 3 Potential Successors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
i24 News – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing unnamed Iranian officials. It is understood the Ayatollah fears he could be assassinated in the coming days.
Khamenei reportedly mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications.
Khamenei has designated three senior religious figures as candidates to replace him as well as choosing successors in the military chain of command in the likely event that additional senior officials be eliminated.
Earlier on Saturday Israel confirmed the elimination of Saeed Izadi and Bhanam Shahriari.
Shahriari, head of Iran’s Quds Force Weapons Transfer Unit, responsible for arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, was killed in an Israeli airstrike over 1,000 km from Israel in western Iran.
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