The IDF's spokesperson reported a stabbing attack in the Ganim area of the Menashe Brigade in northern Samaria. The attacker was neutralized, and the military said details are under investigation.
At 15:50 Jerusalem, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit confirmed that a stabbing attack had occurred in the Ganim area in northern Samaria and that the attacker was neutralized. The confirmation came less than 15 minutes after initial reports of the incident.
The Zioneer's first report at 15:38 Jerusalem, based on rescue forces and journalists, described an Israeli wounded in the leg in a stabbing near Ganim and the attacker neutralized. Within minutes, additional details emerged: the incident took place at an IDF outpost located on the site where the settlement of Ganim is planned to be built, the victim was a young Israeli man lightly wounded, and the attacker was confirmed dead. The IDF's confirmation corroborated the core details.
The stabbing followed a separate attack earlier in the day in which Itamar Cohen was seriously wounded near Itamar, as The Zioneer reported. The IDF outpost at Ganim was recently established on the designated settlement site, according to journalists.
The military stated that details are under investigation. The attacker's identity and the precise circumstances have not been officially released.
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