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The terrorist killed Tuesday in a cave by IDF and Shin Bet special forces in Samaria is Mohammed Assi, 28, a planner of a Tel Aviv bus bombing last year. The attack, which injured 29, was carried out in the course of the IDF counter-terror operation in Gaza, Pillar of Defense. Assi had been in Israeli custody several times in the past and was being hunted after by the Shin Bet. He was eliminated Tuesday after holing up in a cave near Dolev, in the western Binyamin region. Special IDF and Shin Bet forces killed him after exchanging fire with him for about an hour. There were no Israeli casualties.

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An IDF spokesman said that troops had arrested two other people who were also involved in the bombing. “A wanted Palestinian terrorist was killed this morning in Bilin during a gunfight with the army while he was in a cave,” tweeted army spokesman Avichay Adraee in Arabic. In a separate Tweet, the army’s official spokesman Peter Lerner described him as the “planner” of the Tel Aviv bombing. “On 21st November 2012 a terrorist planted a bomb on a bus in #TelAviv injuring 29 people. This a.m. its planner was killed in exchange of fire,” he wrote. “Mohammad Assi involved in #TelAviv bombing last Nov. opened fire at security forces and was killed this a.m. in the exchange of fire,” he said, adding that two others also involved in the bombing were arrested.

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IDF Forces Kill Tel Aviv Bus Bombing Suspect