The IDF and Shin Bet announced that security forces eliminated a terrorist in the village of Bruqin, near the location where Tzaala Gaz was killed in a shooting attack, but did not specify if this was the terrorist responsible for the attack. According to the IDF, the terrorist was eliminated during focused searches by IDF forces while arrests of suspects involved in the attack were being conducted. "During the arrest of one of the suspects, a terrorist ran toward the forces while holding a bag suspected of containing explosives - shouting 'Allahu Akbar' at them," the statement said. "Due to the immediate threat, the soldiers engaged and eliminated the terrorist, with no casualties to our forces."

