Neutralization of Attackers: One Israeli Killed and Three Injured in Vehicle and Stabbing Attack in the West Bank

One Israeli was killed and three others were injured, two of them seriously, in a combined vehicle-ramming and stabbing attack in the southern West Bank.

Israeli authorities stated that two Palestinians, identified as the perpetrators of the attack, were “neutralized.”

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According to Israeli eyewitnesses, the attackers arrived by car at an intersection in the Gush Etzion settlement, south of Bethlehem, and ran over several people before exiting the vehicle and stabbing others present at the scene.

The Magen David Adom organization reported that four Israelis were injured: one in critical condition, two in serious condition, and one lightly injured.

It was later announced that a 30-year-old Israeli had been killed.

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Soldiers present at the scene fired at the assailants and “neutralized” them, without providing further details.

The attack comes amid a significant escalation in the West Bank, as settler attacks against Palestinian civilians continue to rise.

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