IDF commander wounded in West Bank vehicle explosion

An IDF Brigade wounded was moderately wounded in an explosive attack in Tulkarm during a West Bank operation while traveling in an armored vehicle with another senior officer.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Updated: DECEMBER 25, 2024 17:47
Rubble on the streets of the West Bank city of Jenin, following a major Israeli aerial and ground offensive in Jenin, in one of Israel's biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years. July 4, 2023. (photo credit: NASSER ISHTAYEH/FLASH90)
Rubble on the streets of the West Bank city of Jenin, following a major Israeli aerial and ground offensive in Jenin, in one of Israel's biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years. July 4, 2023.
(photo credit: NASSER ISHTAYEH/FLASH90)

The commander of the IDF Menashe Brigade, Col. Ayub Kayouf, was moderately injured when an explosive device hit an IDF vehicle during a counterterrorism operation in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, the IDF reported on Wednesday morning.

The Commanding Officer of the Judea and Samaria Division, Brig.-Gen. Yaki Dolf was also in the David, a light armored vehicle.

According to the IDF, Kayouf was moderately wounded and was evacuated for medical treatment, and his family has been notified.

No other passengers were reported wounded.

IDF operations in the West Bank

The IDF began a large-scale operation in the West Bank in August, including many missions in Tulkarm and Jenin. 

As part of the operation, IDF bulldozers have been destroying roads and infrastructure due to concerns that explosives had been planted by Hamas or other terrorist cells.



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