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IDF Fires Reservist After West Bank Ramming as Separate Northern Attacks Kill Two

Officials opened investigations, took disciplinary action, then reported a suspect neutralized.

Overview

  • The Israeli military said a reservist was filmed driving into a Palestinian man who was praying near Ramallah, terminated his service, and confiscated his weapon, with Israeli media reporting he is under house arrest.
  • Footage aired on Palestinian TV showed the ramming by a man in civilian clothing; the Palestinian was checked at a hospital, was unhurt, and returned home.
  • The IDF said the same reservist opened fire earlier the same day while in civilian clothes, describing the actions as a severe violation of his authority.
  • In northern Israel, a woman was found stabbed near Ein Harod and a 68-year-old man was fatally run over in Beit Shean; a suspect who reportedly infiltrated from Qabaitya fled toward Afula and was later neutralized, with a 16-year-old boy lightly injured during the spree.
  • Separately at the Nitzana crossing on the Egypt border, an Israeli-Bedouin man died after gunfire by an IDF soldier and an armed civilian during suspected smuggling activity, prompting a joint Military PoliceIsrael Police investigation.