 On July 17, 2006, a bomb attack in Nablus organized by Kafisha killed an Israeli soldier and wounded six others.On August 31, 2006, Kafisha was killed during a random ambush by the Israeli 93rd "Haruv" battalion of the Kfir Brigade.The killing of Kafisha was unexpected, in that he had been in hiding for much of the past decade, and only later did the Israelis discover that they had killed the man described as the most-wanted man in the West Bank.