Israeli forces killed an Islamic Jihad commander in the West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian group said, a day after Israeli police announced they foiled a planned suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Islamic Jihad identified the victim as Mahmoud Abu al-Jahim, its commander in the northern West Bank.
Jahim died a day after Israeli police arrested a suspected Palestinian would be bomber and several accomplices hiding in an apartment near Tel Aviv. According to Reuters, a police spokesman said they had planned to stage an attack in the city hours later. On Tuesday night, Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attempted attack in Tel Aviv.
Israel's Army Radio claimed Jahim had dispatched the suspected bomber, a resident of Jilabun village near Jenin. Witnesses said Jahim was driving his car when Israeli troops ambushed him and sprayed the vehicle with bullets.
