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Suspected Ramming at West Bank Junction Leaves Israeli Critically Hurt as Assailant Is Killed

Investigators are examining whether IDF fire wounded the civilian during the Jit Junction response.

Overview

  • IDF officials said a driver attempted to run over Israelis near the Kedumim settlement and was shot dead by security personnel.
  • Magen David Adom reported that a man in his 20s sustained a head wound and remains in critical condition.
  • Security forces imposed roadblocks and carried out inspections in Nablus and nearby villages following the incident.
  • Early accounts conflicted between a ramming, a shooting and a stabbing before the military characterized the attack as vehicular.
  • Officials identified the suspected assailant as 24-year-old Mahmoud al-A’qad of Shechem, a detail reported with limited confirmation.