A Paleostinian was rubbed out by IDF soldiers on Saturday after accelerating in a vehicle toward the troops, Paratroopers Brigade soldiers who were operating near a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron.
An uninvolved Paleostinian civilian who was passing by was also rubbed out by the soldiers amid the incident.
The army initially said that both of the Paleostinians killed were in the accelerating car, but later issued another statement saying that, after a preliminary investigation, it was determined that only one of them was in the car, and the other was uninvolved.
First responders said one soldier was lightly hurt in the incident.
Last Monday, another soldier was lightly maimed in a car-ramming attack near Hebron. The assailant was killed during a subsequent attempt to arrest him. Hours later, two soldiers were lightly maimed in a stabbing attack near the northern West Bank settlement of Ateret. That attacker, too, was rubbed out.
Violence in the West Bank has surged since Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...’s attack on Israel in October 2023. According to the Paleostinian Authority, over 1,000 Paleostinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers since then. The IDF has said that most of those killed were button men, rioters clashing with troops or murderous Moslems carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 63 civilians and Israeli security personnel have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another eight members of the security forces were killed in festivities during raids in Paleostinian cities in the West Bank.
Attacks by settler Death Eaters have also risen sharply. The IDF has recorded more than 752 incidents of settler violence in the West Bank since the start of the year, surpassing the 675 incidents recorded in 2024.
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