Overview

• An Israeli man in his 20s was seriously wounded near Kedumim, and the assailant was shot dead by security forces, according to the IDF and medics.
• Early reports differed on whether it was a car-ramming or a shooting, and a probe is examining possible friendly fire in the civilian's injury.
• Following the incident, Israeli forces set up checkpoints, roadblocks, and carried out searches in Nablus/Shechem and nearby villages.
• The IDF and Shin Bet said a recent strike killed Hassan Mahmoud Hassan Husin, a Hamas Nukhba company commander tied to the October 7 roadside shelter killings and kidnappings.
• Officials also announced the killing of Musa Shaldan, deputy commander of Hamas’s Zeitoun Battalion, as Gaza’s health ministry reported about 50 deaths in the past day and the military reported striking scores of Hamas targets.