Israeli security forces on Monday shot and killed a Palestinian terrorist who attempted to stab soldiers near the settlement of Ariel. No Israeli troops were harmed in the incident.
According to available details, the man arrived at the Gitai Junction, near the Barkan Industrial Park in Samaria, and tried to stab one of the soldiers staffing a security checkpoint.
The troops engaged the terrorist, opening fire. The man sustained mortal wounds and paramedics summoned to the junction pronounced him dead at the scene.
This was the third terrorist incident in the area in the span of a week.
Two people were wounded on Thursday in a stabbing attack near the Shomron Regional Brigade army base. One reserve soldier suffered moderate wounds and another, a woman, sustained minor shrapnel wounds in the ensuing melee.
Two Israelis were killed and a third was wounded last Sunday in a shooting attack at an Alon Group facility in the Barkan Industrial Park. The terrorist, identified as Ashraf Walid Suleiman Na’alwa, from the West Bank village of Shawika, remains at large.