Report: Five senior terrorists, of various organizations, eliminated in Tulkarem

Arab media on Tuesday morning reported that the IDF eliminated the Hamas military commander in Tulkarem, Ashraf Nafeh, in a UAV strike.

An IDF spokesman confirmed: "Aircraft struck armed terrorists during an operation in Tulkarem in the Menashe Brigade. IDF forces are conducting exchanges of fire in the area."

Arab reports also said that the Fatah organization's military commander in Tulkarem was also eliminated in an IDF strike Tuesday morning.

According to Israel Hayom, five senior terrorists from various organizations were eliminated in the strikes, among them Nafeh, whose official position is commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, and the commander of the Fatah group's Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Mohammed Awad-Abu Abado.

Fatah is the party of Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The organization formally renounced terrorism in 1988, but still has a "military wing" involved in terror, and Abbas himself, supported by other members of his organization, pays salaries to terrorists and their families and has promised to continue doing so even if it means there will be no money left for Palestinian Authority expenses and employees.