Israel Police commented that approximately 25,000 people had visited the Tomb of the Patriarchs in a single day.
A hunt had ensued for the vehicle, and roadblocks had been erected in the area.
The attackers acted "out of deep hatred" and planned additional foiled attacks, including one targeting an IDF spokesperson.
Although the raid was authorized to search for illegal weapons, the sites in question: a school and a pharmacy, were not authorized to be searched.
Masked settlers attacked a village in the Masafer Yatta area for the second time in a week, leaving several people injured.
The suspect, reportedly living illegally in Jerusalem, was found to have shared inflammatory content on social media that glorified Hamas and encouraged violence.
IDF troops are currently blocking routes, encircling the area of Hebron, and searching for the terrorist.
In the two attempts nobody was wounded, however earlier, nine people were wounded near Ariel when an armed terrorist opened fire on a bus.
On Saturday, dozens of settlers, some of them masked, hurled stones at Israeli troops and border police near the West Bank settlement of Itamar.
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