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Israeli forces kill Palestinian terrorist who murdered Israeli last year

25 November 2025 13:41 (UTC +04:00)

A Palestinian terrorist who killed an Israeli security guard at a West Bank industrial park last year was eliminated by troops this morning, the IDF announces, APA reports, citing Times of Israel.

On August 18, 2024, the assailant, Sultan al-Ghani, fatally wounded security guard Gidon Peri, 38, at the Bar-On industrial park near Kedumim by attacking him with a hammer, before snatching his handgun and fleeing the scene.

IDF troops and Shin Bet officers operated in an area south of Jenin overnight, during which the forces nabbed five suspected accomplices of al-Ghani, the military says.

This morning, soldiers of the Duvdevan commando unit encircled a building where al-Ghani was holed up and he was killed following an exchange of fire, the IDF says.

The military says that during scans in the building afterwards, the soldiers found several firearms, an explosive device, and ammunition.

The operation came hours after another Palestinian assailant, who killed two soldiers last year and had been on the run since, was killed by Israeli forces in Nablus.