Police found that the suspect, a 41-year-old resident of al-Eizariya, had a criminal background, was known to security officials, and was Hamas-affiliated.
Security forces killed Shabat, stating that he was a sniper in Hamas's Beit Hanoun Battalion and "cynically posed as an Al Jazeera journalist."
The IDF announced that it killed 20 Hamas fighters; 2 rockets fired by Hamas were shot down.
Israeli media later named the terrorist as Karem Jabarin, 25, from the village of Ma'ale Iron in northern Israel.
What a beautiful image it is – when the embassies of Israel and the United States once again raise their flags in free Tehran.
The Houthi terror group host a pro-Iran conference with Hamas leaders and Western activists, sparking calls to investigate potential terror links.
Concerning Iran, Witkoff stated that they cannot gain access to a nuclear weapon, saying, "It cannot happen, and it will not happen."
“The extremist views Farooq holds are a threat to our society, and I am pleased the jury found him guilty of his crimes," said the head of the CPS counterterrorism division.
The group, of two 16-year-old and 17-year-old girls and a 16-year-old boy, were considering targeting a church, synagogue, or police station.
Osama Tabash was a senior Hamas terrorist and had held numerous senior positions in Hamas.