TEL AVIV, December 3. /TASS/. Three Hamas militants plotting a terror attack were eliminated in an Israeli airstrike on the northern West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

"This morning (Tuesday), acting on ISA (Israeli Security Agency - TASS) intelligence, an IAF (Israeli Air Force - TASS) aircraft struck vehicles in the Aqabah area in northern Samaria. Three Hamas terrorists who planned an imminent terrorist attack were eliminated in the strike," it said.

Following the strike, Israeli soldiers conducted "a targeted raid in the vicinity of the strike, locating four weapons," it added.