IDF Kills One Attacker in West Bank Rock-Throwing Incident

The IDF identified three individuals hurling rocks toward Israeli vehicles during a counterterrorism operation near the West Bank village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, the military said on Friday. Troops from the 636th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit fired at the group, which was targeting cars on Route 60 highway.

One masked suspect was killed and another was injured. The military began a pursuit to locate the two remaining individuals. The incident occurred in the Madama area of the West Bank, where Israeli security forces initiated a search. Last month a 5-year-old child was wounded by shards of glass after a rock shattered the windshield of a car traveling on Highway 60.

Israeli forces conducted a search in the Madama area at that time to locate the individual responsible for that attack.

incidents targeting vehicles on West Bank roads have occurred previously. Israeli security forces regularly conduct counterterrorism operations in the area. The military described those involved in Friday's incident as terrorists.