Daqqah died at the age of 64, less than a year before he was scheduled to be released in March 2025.
The 17-year-old suspect suffered minor wounds and was arrested. No police were injured during the arrest.
He leaves behind an 18-month-old daughter and a wife, pregnant with the couple's second child.
The cell planned to attack Ben-Gvir in Kiryat Arba using rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons.
IDF immediately targeted the structure with a fighter jet and an IAF aircraft, resulting in both the cell's elimination and the destruction of the terrorist infrastructure.
The comment is in line with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's statements in November that the US would re-evaluate the designation if the Houthis ceased attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Now, top officers do not even refer to Shifa as “Shifa Hospital” but as “the Shifa compound” to reflect their belief that it was more a command center than an abused hospital.
Al-Ansari proceeded to reach out to “lone wolves” on Telegram, urging them to “target Christians and Jewish people, especially in the US, Europe, and Israel during the holy month of Ramadan.”
The attack was precise and left the hospital undamaged and operational, "Regular functioning was not affected," the IDF said.
The newest addition to the IDF- the hunter system, was developed early in the most recent war and has already been credited for saving multiple lives.