The Israeli man seriously injured in the shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Halamish has succumbed to his injuries, police say.
The man, in his 30s, had been inside his car at a natural spring in the area when a Palestinian gunman opened fire on bathers and fled.
Police say the man was taken to a hospital, where his death was declared a short while ago.
Police officers are operating at the scene alongside IDF troops to locate the terrorist.
Israel Ganz, the head of the Benjamin Regional Council, says the Israelis at the natural spring targeted in a terror attack this morning were there to immerse in the waters ahead of the Yom Kippur fast this evening, a traditional practice before the Day of Atonement.
“This is a very difficult incident, but we are strong and we will get through it. God willing, this [upcoming] Sukkot will be full of tourists. No one is going to run away from here,” says Ganz, who also serves as the head of the Yesha Council settlement umbrella organization.
According to the Samaria Regional Council, the person severely wounded in the attack near Neve Tzuf was a resident of one of the settlements in its jurisdiction.
Yossi Dagan, the head of the Samaria Regional Council, calls on the security services to “increase the force of activities within [Palestinian] villages, go house to house collect illegal weapons, and dismantle the terror infrastructure.”
Adds Dagan: “The State of Israel must go from defense to offense and restore deterrence and security for residents. The settlements will never be broken.”
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has ordered additional troops to be sent to the Halamish area of the West Bank to hunt down the terrorist who opened fire on Israelis at a natural spring this morning, seriously injuring one man.
Zamir held an assessment on the attack a short while ago, the military says, during which he ordered the bolstering of troops.
Meanwhile, footage posted to social media shows the moment of the attack.
The video shows Israeli bathers at the spring ducking for cover as sounds of gunshots ring out in the area.
Footage shows the moment of the shooting attack at a natural spring near Halamish. pic.twitter.com/1lmJK5Sx3z
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) September 20, 2026
The IDF says troops shot dead a Palestinian who allegedly attempted to ram the forces with their vehicle in the northern West Bank a short while ago.
The incident took place at the site of the formerly evacuated settlement of Ganim.
Soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 890th Battalion stationed in the area opened fire on the car, killing the driver, according to the IDF. A second Palestinian in the car was apprehended by the soldiers.
The army says no soldiers were injured in the incident.
The Palestinian terrorist who carried out a drive-by shooting on Israelis at a natural spring near the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf, also known as Halamish, fled on foot, according to a preliminary investigation by the army.
The terrorist had opened fire from a vehicle toward the spring, hitting a man in his 30s who was inside his car. According to the IDF’s initial probe, the terrorist then got out of the car and fled on foot, still armed.
Numerous IDF troops, including special forces, are searching for the gunman on foot and also using drones, according to the military. Israeli Air Force aircraft were also dispatched to the area to assist with the scans.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service says the injured Israeli man is being taken to Beilinson Hospital in serious condition.
The IDF says it has launched a manhunt for a terrorist who opened fire on Israelis at a natural spring near the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf, also known as Halamish, before fleeing.
A man in his 30s was critically injured by the apparent drive-by shooting, first responders say.
“Numerous IDF troops have launched a pursuit after the terrorist and are carrying out roadblocks in the area,” the military says.
One person was severely wounded in a suspected drive-by shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf, also known as Halamish, first responders say.
A man in his 30s is being treated in critical condition, according to medics.
Initial reports claim the gunman had opened fire from a vehicle on Israelis near a natural spring, close to the settlement, before fleeing.
Millions of shekels in public funding awarded to a nonprofit founded by Shas Knesset candidate Dror Amos to assist bereaved families were instead used primarily to fund stipends for married yeshiva students, while relatives and associates of Shas officials benefited from jobs and contracts linked to the organization, according to a Channel 12 investigation.
Amos, a reserve IDF major who heads the Haifa Religious Council, was recently given the No. 6 spot on the ultra-Orthodox party’s Knesset slate ahead of the upcoming election.
The nonprofit received NIS 4.8 million ($1.45 million) in 2024 ostensibly to assist bereaved families in the wake of the October 7 attack. Yet numerous bereaved families and affected communities told Channel 12 they had never heard of the organization. Instead, more than NIS 2.5 million ($760,000) was reportedly spent on stipends for yeshiva students.
The investigation also found indications that multiple public bodies — mainly Shas-linked local authorities and religious councils — paid the nonprofit for services already funded by the Shas-controlled Religious Services Ministry, raising suspicions of double funding. It also alleged overlaps between the nonprofit, Amos’s relatives and private family companies.
Amos reportedly left the nonprofit over conflict-of-interest concerns after becoming head of the Haifa Religious Council in May 2025, but was replaced by his brother.
Shas denounces the report as a “false investigation” intended to harm the party, while the Religious Services Ministry says Amos’s conflict-of-interest arrangement “was duly approved in accordance with the law” and that “nothing was concealed.”
Religious rights group ITIM says it will ask Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to open a criminal investigation into the allegations.
The group earlier this week petitioned to disqualify Amos from the election, arguing that he illegally remained in his public post as head of the Haifa Religious Council after joining Shas’s slate rather than resigning by the required deadline.
The IDF says it is responding to reports of gunfire near the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf, also known as Halamish.
“IDF troops were dispatched to the scene,” the military says.
No further details are immediately available.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reports that settlers attacked Palestinians from the village of Lubban ash-Sharqiya in an area near the village this morning.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reports that two Palestinians were injured: a 58-year-old man who was struck in the head by a stone, and one who was stabbed in the thigh.
Additionally, Palestinian media outlets report that settlers smashed the windows of several Palestinian vehicles in the village, which is south of Nablus. It is unclear whether the incidents are connected.
متابعة | مستوطنون يحطمون عدة مركبات، خلال هجومهم على قرية اللبن الشرقية، جنوب نابلس. pic.twitter.com/93cO9T7SBK
— شبكة فلسطين للحوار (@paldf) September 20, 2026
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