2025 Gush Etzion Junction attack

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2025 Gush Etzion Junction ramming and stabbing attack
Part of Palestinian political violence during the Gaza war
Location Gush Etzion Junction, West Bank
Date18 November 2025
c.2:00 p.m.
Target Israelis
Attack type
Attempted vehicle-ramming attack and mass stabbing
Deaths1 civilian (+ 2 perpetrators)
Injured3 (one by IDF collateral)
Perpetrator InfoboxPIJ.svg Palestinian Islamic Jihad
AssailantsWalid Sabarneh, Amran al-Atrash

On 18 November 2025, a vehicle-ramming attack and mass stabbing left at least three people killed, including both perpetrators, in the Gush Etzion Junction, West Bank. [1] [2] Three others were injured, including a child. [3] Palestinian Islamic Jihad took credit for the attack. [3]

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Background

Attack

Two Palestinian men, identified as Walid Sabarneh of Beit Omar and Amran al-Atrash of Hebron, arrived by car at the Gush Etzion Junction at around 2:00 p.m.. They proceeded to turn right toward Jerusalem before accelerating toward the hitchhiking post and attempting to strike civilians. The attackers exited the vehicle and attempted to stab those in the area. [4] A 60-year-old man was stabbed to death, and a man and child were both injured in the attacks. [3] [5]

The perpetrators were shot and killed by an IDF soldier. [3]

Aftermath

Palestinian Islamic Jihad took credit for the attack and congratulated the perpetrators, urging others to participate in similar attacks. [3] Hamas said the attack was "a natural response to Israel’s attempts to eliminate the Palestinian cause and to the rampage of the occupation and the settlers in the West Bank". [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff, ToI (17 November 2025). "Man stabbed to death in terror attack at Gush Etzion Junction, 3 others wounded". The Times of Israel. ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Nicholls, Dana Karni, Catherine (18 November 2025). "At least one killed and three injured after attack at West Bank junction". CNN. Retrieved 18 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Yagna, Yanir (18 November 2025). "One killed in West Bank terror ramming, stabbing | The Jerusalem Post". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
  4. ↑ "Ramming, stabbing, neutralized: The deadly attack in Gush Etzion, step-by-step". Ynet. 18 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Ben Kimon, Elisha (18 November 2025). "West Bank terror attack: 1 Israeli killed, 3 wounded in ramming-stabbing assault". YNet. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Staff, ToI (17 November 2025). "Man stabbed to death in terror attack at Gush Etzion Junction, 3 others wounded". The Times of Israel.
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