Duvdevan special forces and the Shin Bet killed terrorist and arms dealer Mohammed Zayed during a joint arrest raid in Al-Yamun, west of Jenin, on Wednesday evening. Zayed, who supplied the weapon used in a 2025 shooting that wounded two IDF soldiers seriously, fled during the operation and posed a threat to the troops. The military said he had evaded capture for an extended period. Zayed was killed on the spot.
At approximately 14:53 Wednesday, Duvdevan special forces and Shin Bet killed arms dealer Mohammed Zayed in Al-Yamun. Zayed fled during an arrest operation, posed a threat to troops, and was shot dead on the spot. The current IDF statement, released at 18:50 Jerusalem, identifies the unit and confirms that Zayed supplied the weapon used in a 2025 shooting that seriously wounded two soldiers. Earlier in the afternoon, initial reports from Palestinian sources identified the killed man as Muhammad Nazam Izzat Za'id and said his body was seized; by late afternoon, Israeli security agencies had confirmed his role as a weapons dealer and his evasion of capture for months.
The thread evolved rapidly. At 14:53 Wednesday, the first version — citing a military source — described a militant killed near Al-Yamun with no Israeli casualties. Within the same minute, a second thread item from Palestinian Health Ministry reports identified the killed man as Muhammad Nazam Izzat Za'id and stated his body was taken into custody. A third thread item, also time-stamped 14:53, added the IDF and Shin Bet's joint statement naming Muhammad Za'id as an armed and dangerous arms dealer who supplied weapons for the 2025 shooting. The fourth thread item, published at 14:53 as well, formalized the statement with Zayed's full name and the elimination's official framing as a joint counterterrorism operation. The context item from 18:50 is the same statement as the draft, adding unit identification.
As The Zioneer reported on Friday June 5 at 18:00 Jerusalem, Duvdevan and Shin Bet had arrested two terrorists in the Jenin and Al-Yamun areas for promoting terror plots, reflecting a sustained Israeli focus on weapons-dealing infrastructure in the Menashe Brigade area. The elimination of arms dealers has been a stated priority for Israeli forces in Judea and Samaria.
No separate, independent confirmation of Zayed's death on the ground has been published beyond the joint security agency statement, and the precise chronology of his flight — between initial arrest attempt and the shot — has not been detailed by the military.
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