Residents of the community of Kedumim in Samaria were instructed to lock doors and windows and remain in their homes late Wednesday night, following the sound of heavy gunfire and observation of muzzle flashes from the direction of the Arab village of Kafr Qaddum, according to a local report. The incident is ongoing; no injuries or casualties have been reported yet.
At approximately 00:11 Thursday morning, a report from journalist Hillel Bitton Rosen described heavy gunfire and muzzle flashes emanating from the Arab village of Kafr Qaddum toward the Israeli community of Kedumim in Samaria. Residents were instructed to lock doors and windows and shelter in place. The incident is ongoing; no injuries or casualties have been reported yet. The source is a single local journalist, and the nature of the firing—whether from armed individuals, celebratory gunfire, or other activity—has not been specified. This event is unrelated to prior alerts along the northern border cited in The Zioneer archive, which concerned aerial threats from Lebanon. The current incident represents a ground-based security event in the central West Bank.
3 developments
- StrongIDF advances toward permanent outpost in northern Samaria refugee camp
- DevelopingIDF forces operate in multiple locations across Judea and Samaria, including Ramallah
- DevelopingIDF fires illumination shells over eastern Jabaliya, northern Gaza
- StrongIDF operating in Bani Na'im near Hebron; separate raid reported in al-Mughayyir
Source and signal
- Internal intake