Palestinian man attacks off-duty soldier and steals his gun in West Bank; IDF searching area

Jerusalem Post/Israel News/Defense NewsAccording to initial reports, the shooting happened after a fight between Israelis and Palestinians in the southern Hebron Hills. A weapon was apparently stolen, and one person was injured.Follow us on GoogleIDF soldiers arrest twenty suspects in overnight raids across West Bank, July 8, 2026.(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)ByAMIR BOHBOT, JERUSALEM POST STAFFJULY 25, 2026 19:29Updated: JULY 25, 2026 20:41Two Israeli men, one of them an active-duty soldier, were injured in a violent incident in the Susiya Junction near the Hebron Hills, West Bank, on Saturday, when a Palestinian man threw stones towards them and stole a weapon from them.The IDF clarified in a statement that, contrary to initial reports, the incident was not a shooting attack but a violent clash that included stone-throwing against the Israeli civilians. The statement added that the attacker took the weapon from one of the civilians involved, at which point shots were fired into the air.The Mount Hebron Council confirmed that one of the men involved was a local farmer from the area and the other one was an active-duty soldier who was on leave at home.Security and armed forces were deployed to the area and conducted an extensive search to find the attacker, with the military adding that the stolen weapon was located and recovered.IDF forces located and returned the weapon to the solider. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)Magen David Adom treated the two men, referring one to Soroka HospitalAccording to Magen David Adom, the victims of the attack, aged 20 and 25 years old, were wounded during the incident. One of them was treated at the site, while the other was referred to Soroka Hospital in moderate condition with a head injury, MDA added.The incident followed a wide-scale IDF operation in the West Bank overnight, launched after Friday’s terror shooting near Gilad Farm, southwest of Nablus, which wounded two Israelis and led to the arrest of more than 70 terror suspects.Follow us on Google