JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, Palestine, March 20 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian, suspected of killing two Israelis, was shot dead by Israeli forces, in a crossfire on Tuesday night.
Omar Amin Abu Laila, who carried out a deadly shooting and stabbing attack on Sunday, was tracked down in a house, in the West Bank village of Abwein near Ramallah city.
A short army notice said, “the terrorist was tracked down and killed in fire exchanges with the Israel security forces.”
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, said that, intelligence tips led the forces to the building where Abu Laila holed up.
“As the special forces were closing in on the building, the terrorist opened fire but was killed during an exchange of fire,” adding, no Israeli troops were injured.
On Sunday, Abu Laila, 19, stabbed a soldier and took his assault rifle before a shooting spree outside the settlement of Ariel, according to the army.
He killed a 19-year-old Israeli soldier and a 47-year-old man, who was a resident of the settlement of Eli. Another soldier was seriously injured.– NNN-WAFA
