The Israeli military said Friday that troops killed the Palestinian who snatched a weapon from a civilian security coordinator and opened fire near the West Bank village of Tell. The IDF said the terrorist was eliminated immediately after the attack and the weapon was recovered. Palestinian health officials reported that four Palestinians were killed and four were wounded in the incident. The IDF did not immediately comment on the Palestinian casualty figures, which include the gunman and three others.
Friday morning, a group of Palestinian assailants attacked Israeli hikers near the village of Tell in Samaria, west of the Gilad Road. The hikers were surrounded; one was lightly wounded in the head. The security coordinator of the nearby Havat Gilad outpost arrived and was overpowered by the assailants, who snatched his weapon and opened fire, wounding the coordinator in the shoulder. The IDF said troops arrived and eliminated the gunman immediately, recovering the weapon.
Initial emergency reports at 08:25 Jerusalem time described one wounded person conscious. By 08:38, Magen David Adom reported treating one wounded person conscious from gunfire. At 09:14, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported four Palestinians killed and four wounded, three critically. At 10:26, the ministry identified the four dead as all members of the Ramadan family: Farouk Adnan Ali Ramadan, Ibrahim Hussein Ali Ramadan, Jawad Hussein Ali Ramadan, and Omran Ahmed Ali Ramadan. The IDF confirmed at 10:58 that troops killed the terrorist who had snatched the weapon and recovered the weapon; the military did not comment on the overall Palestinian casualty count.
According to journalist Nitzan Shapira, the IDF imposed a closure on the city of Nablus and the village of Tell as forces searched for additional suspects. The incident drew comparisons to a similar attack the previous day, in which a security officer was stabbed, as the assailants were able to physically close in on the responders before opening fire. Palestinian sources said the four dead included the gunman and three others, likely killed by security forces' fire.
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