Israeli Killed in West Bank Shooting; Soldiers Kill Palestinian Motorist
The military said it detained the shooter at a Ramallah hospital and killed a second Palestinian after a ramming attempt near Jenin.
- On Sunday, September 20, 2026, a gunman fired from a vehicle at visitors at the Ein Rayah spring near Neve Tzuf in the West Bank, critically wounding a man in his 30s who later died at a hospital.
- The Israel Defense Forces launched a widespread manhunt using drones and roadblocks, imposing a military closure on the nearby village of Deir Nidham before capturing the injured suspect at a hospital hours later.
- Shortly after the shooting, soldiers killed a Palestinian man near the settlement of Ganim, north of the city of Jenin, after he attempted to carry out a vehicular ramming attack against military personnel.
- Hamas called the shooting a "legitimate and natural response" to settlement incursions, while tensions across the West Bank have escalated ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered security agencies to "beef up their forces" for offensive activities, as local officials reported that at least 28 people were detained during the ongoing security crackdown.
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