Year-Long Manhunt Ends With Arrest of 3 Murder Suspects in West Bank

By דודי גרליץ

Translated & summarized from JDN by baba

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Elite Israeli counter-terrorism officers, working with local police, arrested three suspects in the West Bank connected to a murder in Ar'ara, Negev, from October 2025. The suspects had been on the run for nearly a year after the fatal shooting, which stemmed from a family dispute. The arrests were made in the West Bank following a lengthy intelligence operation and culminated in raids on a bus terminal and a hideout apartment.

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Three suspects in a 2025 murder case were arrested in the West Bank after a year-long manhunt.
The arrests concluded a manhunt for residents of Ar'ara in the Negev.
The victim was killed in October 2025 during a violent family dispute.
Suspects fled to the West Bank after the murder to evade authorities.
Intelligence operations led to the capture of suspects at a bus terminal and a hideout.
The suspects are undergoing intensive interrogation.

Elite counter-terrorism officers, alongside local police, have apprehended three residents of Ar'ara in the Negev suspected of direct involvement in a fatal shooting that occurred in October 2025. The victim, Samih Talqat Abu Arar, was killed as part of a bloody family feud in the Bedouin town. This arrest concludes a nearly year-long manhunt for the suspects, who had fled to the West Bank immediately after the murder.

Following extensive covert intelligence gathering by investigators from Ar'ara station and the counter-crime unit in Samaria, the suspects' hiding places were identified. Early this morning, the National Counter-Terrorism Unit (YAMAM) launched a targeted operation. One suspect was captured at a bus terminal near the settlement of Rahalim.

In a separate raid, YAMAM forces stormed a hideout apartment in the village of Funduq in Samaria, arresting two additional suspects. All three were detained, handcuffed, and transferred for further intensive interrogation at the Ar'ara station and the Negev District's Central Unit.