Overview

• An Israeli man in his twenties is in critical condition with a head wound after an attack near Jit Junction in the Samaria region.
• Security forces shot and killed the assailant, identified by officials as 24-year-old Mahmoud al-A’qad from Shechem (Nablus).
• Early reports differed on whether the assault was a shooting, stabbing or vehicular attack, and the IDF later described it as a car-ramming attempt.
• Military investigators are examining whether the wounded Israeli was accidentally struck by IDF fire directed at the attacker.
• Large forces deployed to the area, traffic was halted on the Huwara road, and checkpoints and sweeps were launched in Shechem and nearby villages.