Palestinians Set Fire to Car Near Israeli Farm; One Attacker Neutralized

Two Palestinians set fire to a vehicle belonging to the Havat Hanina farm near the Jewish settlement of Kfar Ramon in the Binyamin region on Monday, October 5. One of the attackers brandished a knife and threatened residents who approached them after seeing the car being set ablaze. The farm residents then struck the assailant with a vehicle, neutralizing him before security forces arrived. The second attacker escaped the scene and is currently the subject of a search operation. Israeli police reported that the residents' actions were a response to the knife threat. No Israelis were injured in the incident. Police and forensic investigators from the Judea and Samaria district arrived at the scene, where a lighter and a knife were recovered as evidence. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Separately, the IDF reported an attempted ramming attack near Bani Na'im, a Palestinian town east of Hebron. In that incident, three individuals in a vehicle attempted to ram Israeli soldiers. One attacker was killed, and two others were wounded and taken to an Israeli hospital. No Israeli soldiers were harmed. The IDF searched the area and blocked roads leading to several Palestinian towns following the incident. The identity of the deceased attacker was released as 41-year-old Mahmoud Adais from Yatta.