Live update: After a Muslim jihadi terrorist murdered a 30-year-old Israeli today, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded prosecutors apply the newly legislated mandatory death penalty for terrorists. Arab media outlets identified the terrorist who carried out Sunday’s deadly shooting near Neveh Tzuf as Qadri Muhammad Samara, a resident of the Arab village of Biddu near Giv’at Ze’ev. The jihadist was captured alive by IDF Duvdevan forces.
This story is developing and will be updated again after Yom Kippur ends in Israel. For more, follow @c14english on X and Instagram.
🚨🚨🚨 JIHAD ON YOM KIPPUR EVE: SIX MUSLIM TERROR ATTACKS IN ISRAEL WITHIN MERE HOURS
The Israeli homeland has suffered six terrorist attacks on Yom Kippur eve, with Hamas taking responsibility for the first, reports Eliya Aviv @Eliya_aviv 👇
11:30 Ein Raya spring near Neve… pic.twitter.com/abtolHQCXe
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The jihadi terrorist who carried out a deadly shooting attack near Neveh Tzuf in the Binyamin region on Sunday morning was captured by Israeli security forces inside a Ramallah hospital, capping an intensive, multi-agency search launched during an escalating wave of terror plots across Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem. The victim of the fatal shooting was identified as Netanel Yonatan Shalbiya, an Israeli civilian from the Samaria community of Alei Zahav.
3+According to preliminary investigative findings from the scene, the terrorist arrived by car at the Ein Raya spring adjacent to Neveh Tzuf. Armed with a long firearm, he stepped out of the vehicle and opened fire at point-blank range on Shalbiya. An IDF tracker operating in the vicinity reacted immediately, opening fire and wounding the gunman before the assailant managed to flee the scene on foot. Elite undercover fighters from the Duvdevan unit, acting on precise tactical intelligence, tracked the perpetrator directly to a hospital inside the ‘Palestinian’ Authority stronghold of Ramallah. Operating deep inside the city, the forces located the wounded terrorist lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to a mechanical ventilator, and took him into custody.
Following the fatal attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the IDF and the Shin Bet (ISA) to operate with reinforced combat contingents across Judea and Samaria. Under the Prime Minister’s directive, security forces were instructed to enforce strict localized closures, execute preemptive offensive raids and arrests, and advance the immediate demolition of the terrorist’s home.
3+The deadly incident at Ein Raya marked the spearhead of a concentrated sequence of violent attacks and attempted vehicular rammings across multiple sectors within a span of under three hours:
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11:30 AM — Deadly Shooting at Ein Raya: An Islamic terrorist murdered Netanel Yonatan Shalbiya before an IDF tracker engaged and wounded the fleeing shooter.
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12:00 PM — Violent Ambush in the City of David: Arab rioters ambushed Jewish teenagers in the City of David in Jerusalem, hurling barrages of stones. An armed Jewish resident fired warning shots into the air, driving off the assailants and extracting the youths without physical injuries.
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12:36 PM — Ramming Attempt at Ganim Checkpoint: A terrorist attempted to ram soldiers positioned at the Ganim checkpoint in northern Samaria—tactical forces engaged with precision fire, neutralizing the terrorist on the spot without sustaining casualties.
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1:08 PM — Rescue Operation in Mount Hebron: An Israeli civilian mistakenly drove into an Arab village in the Mount Hebron region and was violently assaulted by local rioters. Reinforced tactical units scrambled into the village and successfully extracted the wounded driver.
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1:39 PM — Attempted Truck Ramming at Rimonim Junction: A truck driver attempted a vehicular ramming targeting soldiers on Route 458 at the Rimonim roundabout. The driver was detained on site by troops and transferred for immediate security interrogation.
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1:42 PM — Hit-and-Run Ramming Attempt near Silwad: An unplated grey vehicle attempted to run down two Israeli civilians from the Givat Yeshuat Yisrael outpost along the Gali’in route, near the Silwad cemetery junction. The civilians evaded impact, and security forces mobilized in pursuit of the fleeing suspect.
3+IDF Central Command and border defense forces remain deployed at elevated readiness, maintaining intensive security barriers and intelligence sweeps across all central arteries. Meanwhile, Israeli heartland governors came out with harsh responses to today’s murder and 5 foiled terror attacks in Israel:
Governor Yisrael Ganz of Binyamin called for no less than dismantling the ‘Palestinian’ Authority, “Judea and Samaria are flooded with illegal weapons, and the Palestinian Authority’s security forces possess tens of thousands of weapons that could be turned against us. Nearly three years after October 7, we must not wait for another disaster. I call on the Government of Israel to immediately launch a broad operation to collect illegal weapons, dismantle terrorist infrastructure, and disarm the Palestinian Authority and its security forces.”
3+Samaria Governor Yossi Dagan wrote, “I demand that the security forces intensify operations inside the villages, going house-to-house, confiscating illegal weapons, and dismantling terror infrastructure,” also calling for renewed security checkpoints on roads.
This story is developing and will be updated again after Yom Kippur ends in Israel. For more, follow @c14english on X and Instagram.