IDF commander injured in vehicle explosion

IDF Brigade Commander 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 DECEMBER 25, 2024 01:13 Updated: DECEMBER 25, 2024 01:50

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 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, BG Yaki Dolf, was also in the vehicle, a David APC.

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

No other passengers were reported injured.

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. 

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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.