Hamas terror suspects ‘who shot Brit mum and sisters dead in their car in West Bank’ are blown up by drone
HAMAS terrorists suspected of killing a British mum and daughters in a hail of bullets have been blown up by a drone in Palestine.
Israel’s security services claimed to have killed the three Palestinian militants in a raid during the early hours of this morning in the city of Nablus.
Sisters Maia, 20, and Rina Dee, 15, were killed when their family car was riddled with 22 Kalashnikov bullets in an ambush in Israel’s West Bank on April 7.
Their mum Lucy Dee, 48, died a few days later from her injuries in hospital on April 11.
The three victims held dual Israeli-British citizenship and the attack took place near Hamra, 30 miles north of Jerusalem in the Jordan Valley.
Hundreds of emotional mourners and heartbroken family members attended the funerals in Kfar Etzion for the three slain Dee women.
The gunmen were identified as Hassan Katnani, Maed Mitsri, members of the Hamas militant group.
The third man – a reported senior operative in the group – was named as Ibrahim Hura.
A fourth Palestinian civilian bystander, Ziad Shuviri, was said to have been killed during the operation.
The Times of Israel reported that a counter-terrorism unit surrounded the home where the suspects were hiding and then used a shoulder-launched missile drone to flush the wanted men out.
A drone was also said to have been used during the raid and there are reports of an exchange of fire between the elite police unit and the alleged killers.
Israel’s security services released a joint statement saying: “a significant intelligence and operational effort by the Shin Bet and the IDF began, which led to the location of the hiding apartment in the Kasbah in Nablus.
“Following targeted intelligence from the Shin Bet, in the early morning the Shin Bet, IDF and IDF fighters raided the apartment and in the exchange of fire the 2 murderers were killed.”
Father and husband Leo Dee said today: “I and the kids were delighted to hear that the terrorists were apprehended and neutralised today and eliminated today, and most of all that it was done in a way that apparently did not endanger the lives of Israeli soldiers because that was one of the most important things from our family’s perspective.”
Israeli’s security services said that they “will continue to act with determination to thwart all terror threats.”
Palestine’s health ministry responded with a statement that read: “Two of the martyrs have completely distorted features due to the intensity of the shooting, which makes it difficult to identify them.”
Recently, the surviving members of the Dee family met the woman Lucy’s heart was donated to — and were able to hear it beat.
Lucy Dee’s daughters Keren, 19, and Tali, 17, went to meet Lital Valenci — who last month received their mother’s heart in a transplant operation.
Footage captured the moment Lital held a stethoscope to her chest to let the girls listen to their mother’s heart beating inside her.