Israeli officer wounded in earlier car-ramming operation has died
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An Israeli occupation soldier was injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in the '48 occupied Palestinian territories.
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An Israeli occupation Police officer and paramedic remove a body found on June 13, 2024, in southern occupied Palestine. (AP)
Captain Ariel Topaz, a 24-year-old officer from the Israeli settlement of Pardes Hana, northwest of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, has died from injuries sustained in a car-ramming attack outside a military base in central occupied Palestine earlier this month, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) announced.
The attack, which took place on July 14 at the Nir Tzvi junction, left Topaz and three other off-duty soldiers seriously wounded.
The injuries were a result of a dual vehicle-ramming and shooting operation. According to initial reports from July 14, the Israeli Red Magen David - the Israeli occupation's emergency service - stated that three Israeli settlers, including two soldiers, were injured during the attack.
Captain Topaz was an officer in the Military Intelligence Directorate's Research Department.
This incident is part of a series of ongoing operations targeting Israeli soldiers and settlers in various parts of the occupied Palestinian territories, taking place amid ongoing violence in the West Bank, and the genocidal war on Gaza, including the recent massacres committed by the Israeli occupation forces in al-Mawasi Khan Younis area and the al-Shati refugee camp in western Gaza City.
Israeli media reported concerns within the Israeli army and intelligence leadership over the "Lebanonization" of the occupied West Bank, which reminded them of the fighting against Hezbollah in the 1990s during the occupation of southern Lebanon, and the use of explosive devices during that time.
The activities of the Palestinian Resistance in the West Bank have seen significant and notable developments since Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, with the growing use of IEDs.
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Israeli channel Kan TV reported that this has become a major concern as the threat in the West Bank has become more severe recently.
