The alleged murderers behind the deaths of an Israeli-British mother and her two daughters in the West Bank in April were blown up by a drone.
Israeli security services claim to have killed two Palestinian gunmen and a third alleged fighter in a raid in the early hours of this morning.
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Two sisters Maia, 20 years old and Rina Dee, 15 years old, were killed when their family car is punctured 22 Kalashnikov bullets in an ambush in IsraeliWest Coast on April 7.
Their mother, Lucy Dee, 48, died a few days later from her injuries in hospital on April 11.
The three victims were Israeli-British nationals and the attack took place near Hamra, 30 miles north of Jerusalem in the Jordan valley.
The gunmen were identified as Hassan Katnani and Maed Mitsri, members of the militant group Hamas.
The third man – a senior agent believed to be in the group – was named Ibrahim Hura.
A fourth Palestinian civilian by the side, Ziad Shuviri, is believed to have been killed in the operation.
The Age of Israel reported that an anti-terrorist unit surrounded the house where the suspects were hiding and then used a shoulder-fired missile drone to drive the wanted out.
A drone is also believed to have been used in the raid, which a senior official confirmed.
There were also reports of a shootout between the elite police unit and the alleged killers.
Israel’s security services issued a joint statement saying: “A substantial intelligence and operations effort by the Shin Bet and the IDF has commenced, resulting in the location of the Kasbah hideout apartment in Nablus. .
“According to targeted intelligence from Shin Bet, in the early morning of Shin Bet, IDF and IDF fighters raided the apartment and during the gunfight, 2 killers were killed.”
Father and husband Leo Dee said today: “My children and I are delighted to hear that the terrorists were arrested and neutralized today and removed, and above all that has been done in a way that doesn’t seem to endanger the lives of Israeli soldiers because that’s one of the most important things from our family’s point of view.”
He continued, “The question we want to ask them is: what is their purpose in this particular attack, what is their vision of a better world?”
Israel’s security services said they “will continue to act with determination to thwart any terrorist threat.”
The Palestinian Health Ministry responded with a statement that read: “Two of the martyrs had completely disfigured features due to the intensity of the shooting, making their identification difficult.”
Recently, the surviving members of the Dee . family Meet the woman who donated Lucy’s heart came – and could hear the beat.
Lucy Dee’s daughters Keren, 19, and Tali, 17, went to see Lital Valenci, who received their mother’s heart last month during a transplant surgery.
The video captures the moment Lital pressed the stethoscope to her chest so the girls could listen to their mother’s heartbeat beating inside her.
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