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IDF: Assailant Killed After Suspected Ramming at Jit Junction, Israeli Critically Hurt

Authorities opened an investigation into whether IDF fire wounded the civilian during the response.

Overview

  • The incident occurred Sunday at Jit Junction near the Kedumim settlement in the West Bank’s Samaria region.
  • The military said a driver tried to run over Israelis and was shot dead at the scene by a soldier.
  • Magen David Adom reported a man in his twenties suffered a head wound and is in critical condition.
  • Officials identified the suspected attacker as 24-year-old Mahmoud al-A’qad from Shechem (Nablus).
  • Security forces set up checkpoints, conducted searches in Nablus and nearby villages, and closed the Huwara road as initial reports about the attack method conflicted before the IDF labeled it a vehicular assault.