Two civilians lightly hurt in ramming and stabbing attack in West Bank
Terrorist shot dead by local civilian carrying handgun; medics also treat several people at scene suffering from acute anxiety
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Two civilians were lightly injured on Wednesday in a car-ramming and stabbing attack near the West Bank settlement of Shiloh. The Palestinian terrorist was shot dead by an armed civilian in the vicinity.
Medics at the scene said that the attacker was shot after crashing his car into a bus stop at the Shiloh Junction and getting out with a knife, details the Israel Defense Forces confirmed in a statement.
According to the Binyamin Regional Council, a local resident killed the assailant with his handgun.
Magen David Adom said it treated two civilians, a 26-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy, who were lightly hurt in the attack, before taking them to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus.
Several others were treated for acute anxiety.
Since October 7, the high tensions in the West Bank have seen troops arrest some 5,250 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 2,050 affiliated with Hamas.
ניסיון פיגוע בצומת שילה: מחבל הגיע לצומת, פגע בעוצמה רבה בגדר ההפרדה אך פספס את הישראלים שהיו במקום. הוא יצא החוצה כשבידו סכין וניסה לדקור אותם, ואז חוסל. ישנם שני נפגעי חרדה בשטח, אין פצועים פיזית ככל הידוע.
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According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, more than 716 West Bank Palestinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were gunmen killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops or terrorists carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 41 people, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another six members of the security forces were killed in clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank.
