JENIN  (VINnews) – Israeli security forces arrested a Palestinian man in Jenin on Thursday accused of being an accomplice in a terror shooting attack last year that killed three Israelis and wounded eight others, the Israel Defense Forces and police announced.

Mohammed Zaidan was detained in a joint operation by officers from the police’s elite Yamam counterterrorism unit and IDF troops in the northern Judea-Samaria city.

According to the IDF, Zaidan was a prominent member of a terror network in Jenin. He is accused of involvement in funding other terrorists and helping advance attacks against Israel.

The January 6, 2025, attack occurred in the Palestinian village of al-Funduq, which lies along a major roadway used daily by thousands of Israeli and Palestinian drivers. Gunmen opened fire on a bus and two cars, killing off-duty police officer Master Sgt. Elad Yaakov Winkelstein and civilians Rachel Cohen and Aliza Raiz.

At least three gunmen carried out the assault. Two were killed by Israeli soldiers several weeks later, and the third was killed in April 2025.

The victims included Winkelstein, in his 30s, and Cohen and Raiz, both in their 70s and retired school counselors. Eight others were wounded, including a bus driver.