(June 18, 2025 / JNS) The Israel Defense Forces overnight Tuesday thwarted a stabbing during operations in al-Walaja, a village northwest of Bethlehem.

According to the IDF, an individual armed with a knife lunged at soldiers and attempted to steal their weapons. The troops shot and neutralizing the assailant. No injuries were reported among Israeli forces.

In separate operations across Samaria overnight Tuesday, IDF troops and Israel Border Police forces apprehended five terrorists, including one in the village of Tamun who according to security forces was planning an attack.

In Far’a, forces carried out a covert entry into a building and arrested a suspect involved in financing terror activity and smuggling weapons, according to the military.

Additionally, in the Jenin area, security forces detained two individuals accused of manufacturing explosives for use in attacks.

“Israeli security forces will continue to operate to thwart terrorism throughout Judea and Samaria in order to maintain the security of Israeli civilians,” the IDF said.
  
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