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Escalating Violence: IDF Responds to West Bank Attacks

12/3/2025

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Israeli Soldiers Injured

On December 2, 2025, two Israeli soldiers were lightly injured in a stabbing near the Ateret settlement in the West Bank, and Mohammed Asmar, an 18-year-old, was shot dead by IDF troops.
The attack followed a car-ramming near Hebron that injured a soldier the previous day.
The IDF has imposed a siege on Palestinian towns and conducted searches, amid escalating West Bank violence since the October 2023 Hamas attack.

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IDF Stops Attacker

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said a man attempted to ram an IDF soldier at the Otkim Junction near Kiryat Arba on Monday.
The initial attack left the soldier with light injuries.
The attacker then tried to hit another military unit in the Hebron area.
Troops from the 202nd Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade shot the attacker dead.
The IDF reported that forces initiated a pursuit.

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Israeli Soldiers Injured

On December 2, 2025, two Israeli soldiers were lightly injured in a stabbing near the Ateret settlement in the West Bank, and Mohammed Asmar, an 18-year-old, was shot dead by IDF troops.
The attack followed a car-ramming near Hebron that injured a soldier the previous day.
The IDF has imposed a siege on Palestinian towns and conducted searches, amid escalating West Bank violence since the October 2023 Hamas attack.

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