Terrorist killer of Noam Raz killed in Israeli anti-terror raid
Farouk Salama, involved in recent shooting attacks against Israeli forces and the terror attack in which the late Police Sergeant Major Noam Raz was murdered, was himself killed while evading arrest during a raid conducted by Israeli security forces.
Noam Raz Photo: Courtesy
The raid was conducted as a joint arrest operation by the IDF, the Shin Bet, the Yamas (a special forces counter-terrorist unit attached to the Israel Border Police), and the Special Forces in the Jenin refugee camp in the area of the Menashe regional division in Samaria.
Salama was associated with the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.
Five other terrorists were arrested during the raid, according to a joint statement issued by the IDF, Shin Bet, and Police spokesmen’s offices.
At the time of his death, Salama was suspected of planning more terrorist attacks.
Farouk Salama was also suspected of conspiring with the terrorist group “Lion’s Den” which has committed a number of terror attacks directed at Israeli security forces recently.
The operation was carried out following intelligence gathered by the Shin Bet. During the assault, the forces raided a building where the terrorist was present and an exchange of gunfire ensued.
He fled the scene, and the fighters chased after him, during which the terrorist drew a gun at them. The Israeli fighters responded by returning firing and he was neutralized.
The fighters also returned fire at other armed men who fired at them during the operation and they determined that some of these people were hit by their gunfire.
In addition, during the raid, the forces arrested five other wanted persons in possession of a gun and an M-16. The gun that the wanted person pointed at the fighters was confiscated.
At the time of his death, 47-year-old Sergeant Major Noam Raz served in the Israel Police’s elite counterterror unit called Yamam. He was killed in a shootout with Palestinian terrorists in Samaria on Friday, 15 May 2022. Raz, a founding member, and resident of the town of Kida in Samaria, was hit by gunfire during an operation that included raids on terror suspects’ homes in the town of Burqin, near Jenin in the West Bank.
There were no casualties suffered by Israeli forces and the arrested wanted persons were transferred to the security forces for investigation.
