Israeli forces eliminate perpetrator of 2024 car attack that killed two soldiers in Nablus

The scene of a car-ramming attack near Nablus in the Judea-Samaria, May 29, 2024. (Rescue without Borders)

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On Monday night, Israeli counterterrorism police eliminated Palestinian Abdel-Raouf Shatyeh in the Judea-Samaria city of Nablus. Shatyeh was responsible for the car battering ram attack that killed two Israeli soldiers near the city on May 29, 2024.

The victims were Sergeant Eliya Hilel and Sergeant Diego Shvisha Harsaj, both 20 years old and members of the Nahshon Battalion of the Kfir Brigade.

Shatyeh accelerated his vehicle towards a military checkpoint and fled immediately afterward.

During a nighttime operation in eastern Nablus, the elite Yamam unit surrounded the building where the suspect was hiding.

Upon realizing he was armed, the officers opened fire.

A drone later confirmed that Shatyeh had been killed.

According to the Israeli army and internal security service Shin Bet, Israeli forces had been hunting the perpetrator of the attack since last year.

Immediately after the attack, he surrendered to Palestinian Authority security forces, but instead of being transferred to Israel, he was released and became a wanted man.

This composite image shows Staff Sgt. Diego Shvisha Harsaj and Staff Sgt. Eliya Hilel of the Kfir Brigade”s Nahshon Battalion, who were killed in a car-ramming attack outside the Judea-Samaria city of Nablus on May 29, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

In the same operation in Nablus, several accomplices who collaborated with Shatyeh were arrested by Israeli soldiers.

Violence in the Judea-Samaria has increased dramatically since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which triggered the war in Gaza.

According to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health, more than a thousand Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers during this period.

The Israeli army claims that the vast majority were armed men killed in clashes, participants in violent disturbances, or perpetrators of attacks.

During the same period, 63 people – including civilians and members of the Israeli security forces – died in terrorist attacks in Israel and the Judea-Samaria, while another eight Israeli soldiers were killed in armed clashes during incursions into Palestinian cities.

The period also saw a sharp increase in violent attacks by extremist settlers against Palestinian communities throughout the region.

Published in 11/25/2025 08h33

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