Targeted assassination of a senior official in the Lions' Den in Nablus: The moment of the motorcycle explosion • Watch

October 23, 2022   

Tamer al-Kilani, 33, a senior member of the "Lions' Den" terrorist cell in Nablus, was killed early Sunday morning in a "mysterious explosion" of a motorcycle in Nablus. Election Intelligence: Want to check your polling location and eligibility? Enter לטענת הפלסטינים, הפיצוץ התרחש אחרי שמטען חבלה רב-עוצמה הוטמן באופנוע והופעל על ידי משתף פעולה עם ישראל. הפלסטינים טוענים, כי המשת"פ תועד במצלמות אבטחה מפעיל את המטען. מנגד, ישנם דיווחים כי  המחבל ניסה להרכיב מטען חבלה על אופנועו, נכשל והתפוצץ. ב'גוב האריות' מסרו כי קילאני היה "אחד הלוחמים הנועזים ביותר של הארגון", ואיימו: "אנחנו מבטיחים לכוכבי תגובה קשה וכואבת". בצה"ל ובשב"כ לא מתייחסים לחיסול. בתיעוד שהפיצו הפלסטינים מהאירוע נראה המחבל הבכיר צועד לעבר האופנוע שלו, כשלפתע אירע פיצוץ אדיר, ממנו נהרג.

The "senior" terrorist from the Lion's Den organization, Tamer Kilani, was killed last night in Nablus. The Arabs claim that he was eliminated by Israel using a bomb attached to his motorcycle. It is very possible that he was killed because a bomb he had exploded too early.
In the video, I combined three parts: the moments before, the explosion, and its aftermath. pic.twitter.com/efT3ruDIZs

— Elad Huminer 🇮🇱 Elad Huminer (@EladHumi) October 23, 2022

Al-Kilani was previously imprisoned in Israel for security offenses and was arrested again in June 2021. He was directly involved in sending a terrorist who planned a shooting and bomb attack in Tel Aviv and was captured in Clock Square in Jaffa last month. He was also one of the planners of the prevented attack, in which an explosive device was planted at the gas station in Kedumim, as well as an attempt to throw a grenade at an IDF force in the Nablus area and a bomb planted near the Gilad farm.