Scene of incident in Binyamin (Video: MDA)
An Israeli was murdered in a terrorist shooting attack near Neveh Tzuf in Binyamin on Sunday morning.
The shooting was carried out against civilians who were at the Ein Rayya spring near the community.
A man in his 30s, was critically injured. A helicopter was dispatched to the scene to bring the injured man to the hospital. The victim was later declared dead.
The terrorist reached the scene by vehicle and opened fire toward the spring. Following the attack, he exited the vehicle while armed and fled on foot. The IDF surrounded the village of Deir Nizam, and IDF forces from the Duvdevan Unit apprehended the terrorist at a hospital in Ramallah after several hours of pursuit. Drones and IAF aircraft also participated in the chase.
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MDA Paramedic David Trachtenberg said: “We arrived at the scene and saw a male in his 30s inside a vehicle, unconscious, with multiple gunshot wounds. We removed him from the vehicle and immediately began providing life-saving medical treatment. We placed him in the ambulance, and with the assistance of a physician and a paramedic, immediately began evacuating him to the hospital while fighting for his life, providing medical treatment and blood products, in the hope of stabilizing his condition.”
MDA EMT Yosef Rimal said: “We received a report of a man who had been injured by gunfire. We arrived at the scene with a large number of forces and found the man unconscious. We immediately began providing advanced medical treatment, including controlling bleeding, bandaging and administering medications, and evacuated him in an MDA ambulance in serious condition.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the attack: “Our security forces are currently pursuing the vile terrorist who carried out the murderous attack in Binyamin. No terrorist is immune, neither are those who assist them; we will settle scores with all of them – in Gaza, in Lebanon, and in Judea and Samaria. At the same time, our heroic fighters eliminated another terrorist who attempted to carry out a terrorist attack in Samaria.”
He added that he has “instructed the IDF and the Shin Bet to carry out operations in Judea and Samaria with reinforced forces, to impose closures and carry out offensive measures and arrests in order to safeguard the security of Israeli citizens. I have instructed that steps are taken to demolish the terrorist’s home immediately. On behalf of all citizens of Israel, my wife and I send our heartfelt condolences to the family of the victim murdered in the terrorist attack and share in their heavy grief.”
Binyamin Regional Council Head and Chairman of the Yesha Council, Yisrael Ganz, said at the scene of the attack in Neve Tzuf: “Residents came to the spring ahead of Yom Kippur to immerse themselves in the water. A terrorist arrived armed with an M16 and opened fire on them. One of the residents was very seriously wounded and is being evacuated to the hospital.”
“IDF forces, the police, Shin Bet, and Border Police are all pursuing the terrorist, who is still in the area. This is a very difficult incident, but we are strong, and we will get through this as well. With God’s help, during Sukkot this place will once again be filled with visitors. No one will drive us away from here.”
After the forces apprehended the terrorist, Ganz added: “I commend the security forces for their swift action, which removed the threat to the residents of Binyamin. I am deeply sorry that the despicable murderer remains alive. On the eve of Yom Kippur, he sought to take lives and break our spirit, but he failed. The people of Israel will not be intimidated or broken by terrorism.
“The capture of the terrorist is not the end of the incident. 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.”