2024 Neot HaKikar shooting | |
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Part of the Israel–Hamas war | |
Location | Neot HaKikar |
Date | 18 October 2024 |
Target | Israel Defense Forces |
Deaths | 2 perpetrators |
Injured | 2 Israeli soldiers |
Perpetrator | Muslim Brotherhood (Jordan) |
No. of participants | 2+ Jordanian militants |
On 18 October 2024, at least two militants infiltrated Israel from Jordan in the Neot HaKikar area, a moshav located in the Arabah valley just south of the Dead Sea.[1][2] The militants ambushed Israeli troops and opened fire on them, wounding two of them moderately.[1][3] Israeli troops killed two of the militants during a firefight, with a third attacker probably escaping.[1] Residents of Neot HaKikar were instructed to remain indoors as the troops and police searched for the third militant.[4]
The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan identified the two deceased attackers, Hussam Abu Ghazaleh and Amer Qawoos, as members of their group.[5] Palestinian Islamist group Hamas praised the attack, that occurred just a few hours after Israeli troops killed their leader, Yahya Sinwar, in Rafah.[5]