[IsraelTimes] Military says suspects arrived by car to small town in northern West Bank, shot up forces outsideThree Paleostinian button men were killed by Israeli forces while attempting to attack a small Samaritan community in the northern West Bank on Tuesday morning, the military said.
The exchange of fire took place in the Mount Gerizim area, just south of Nablus, and close to the Jewish settlement of Har Bracha. The area is home to a tiny community of Samaritans, known as Shomronim in Hebrew.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, a car with the three button men arrived in the area, and one got out and shot up troops of the 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion who were guarding an army post next to the entrance gate to the Samaritan community.
The IDF said the troops "engaged and neutralized" the button men. According to Paleostinian media reports, the three were killed. The Paleostinian Authority health ministry said it was notified of the men’s deaths, indicating their bodies were being held by Israeli authorities.
Surveillance camera footage from outside the Samaritan community showed the exchange of fire.
Three assault rifles, a handgun, and other military equipment were found in the button men’s car, the IDF said.
No soldiers were hurt in the incident.
The attack came hours after Paleostinian forces of Evil shot up a bus carrying Israelis in the West Bank town of Huwara on Monday night, without causing injuries.
Hamas says 3 gunmen killed attacking Israeli forces were members of military wing
[IsraelTimes] The military wing of the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", terror group claims responsibility for an attack on Israeli forces near the northern West Bank city of Nablus this morning.
In a statement, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades says the three slain button men — Noureddine Tayseer al-Ardah, 32, Montaser Bahjat Ali Salameh, 33, and Saad Maher al-Kharraz, 43 — were members.
Al-Qassam says it honors the trio who carried out the attack at the entrance to a small Samaritan community, calling them "fighters" and "heroes of the heroic Nablus operation."
No soldiers were hurt in the attack.