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Palestinian Terrorists Murder Israeli Man, 66, in West Bank Town
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. Photo: David King via Wikimedia Commons.
i24 News – Tensions have escalated in Qalqilya, a Palestinian Authority territory, following the fatal shooting of an Israeli man in his car on Saturday morning. Later in the day Israeli military sources confirmed that the incident represented a terrorist attack.
The victim, identified as a 66-year-old resident from central Israel, succumbed to gunshot wounds before his body was transferred to Israel by the Red Crescent, Palestinian security sources confirmed.
Shortly after the incident, a significant deployment of IDF forces entered Qalqilya to assess the circumstances surrounding the attack.
An Israeli vehicle was subjected to gunfire in Qalqilya… pic.twitter.com/MgM2gNKYKA
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Following the shooting, unidentified assailants set fire to the victim’s vehicle, which had already been evacuated from the scene after initial medical aid at Qalqilya Government Hospital. Civil administration officers facilitated his transfer to a Magen David Adom ambulance, where he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.
This incident follows closely on the heels of a separate security operation in Qalqilya, where Israeli police announced the death of two wanted Palestinians identified as members of the Islamic Jihad terror group. The raid, conducted a day prior to the shooting, underscores the ongoing security challenges and tensions prevailing in the area.
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Kurdish-led SDF Say Five Members Killed During Attack by Islamic State in Syria
Islamic State slogans painted along the walls of the tunnel was used by Islamic State militants as an underground training camp in the hillside overlooking Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. Photo: via Reuters Connect.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Sunday that five of its members had been killed during an attack by Islamic State militants on a checkpoint in eastern Syria’s Deir el-Zor on July 31.
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Armed groups attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in Sweida, killing one member and wounding others, and fired shells at several villages in the violence-hit southern province, state-run Ekhbariya TV reported on Sunday.
The report cited a security source as saying the armed groups had violated the ceasefire agreed in the predominantly Druze region, where factional bloodshed killed hundreds of people last month.
Violence in Sweida erupted on July 13 between tribal fighters and Druze factions. Government forces were sent to quell the fighting, but the bloodshed worsened, and Israel carried out strikes on Syrian troops in the name of the Druze.
The Druze are a minority offshoot of Islam with followers in Syria, Lebanon and Israel. Sweida province is predominantly Druze but is also home to Sunni tribes, and the communities have had long-standing tensions over land and other resources.
A US-brokered truce ended the fighting, which had raged in Sweida city and surrounding towns for nearly a week. Syria said it would investigate the clashes, setting up a committee to investigate the attacks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool
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