The two named terrorists were also involved in additional shootings and IED attacks.
The Israeli air force struck a gathering of armed terrorists in the Tammun area during an overnight counterterrorism operation in the West Bank, the IDF announced on Thursday.
The IDF said that around 10 terrorists were killed in the strike, including Omar Basharat and Muntzair Bani Oda. The two terrorists were involved in the improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Tammun last Monday (January 20) that killed Sgt. First Class (res.) Eviatar Ben Yehuda, and injured three other soldiers.
The two named terrorists were also involved in additional shootings and IED attacks.
Terrorist attacks
On January 20, the IDF was operating in Tammun when a David vehicle ran over an IED, killing Ben Yehuda. The wounded officer who was in the David with Ben Yehuda was the commander of Battalion 8211 from the Efraim Brigade in the northern West Bank and was immediately evacuated to a hospital for medical care.
IAF strikes and kills 10 terrorists in Tamun (Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)
IEDs have been a more frequent problem in the West Bank since the Israel-Hamas war took off, with Iran providing more powerful weapons and Palestinian terror groups learning new tactics for ambushing some IDF armored vehicles.
In August 2024, the military announced that four soldiers were wounded in Tubas in the northern West Bank after their partially armored David was hit by an improvised explosive.
The IDF did not say how often this had happened, but it had already reported on several such instances over the summer and another incident earlier in January.
An even more serious major incident happened on June 27, 2024, in Jenin, in which one soldier was killed and 22 were wounded.