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- 2 Attacks in a Day: Two IDF soldiers were lightly wounded in a West Bank stabbing attack on December 2. The stabbing occurred when an IDF patrol was dispatched to the Israeli West Bank community of Ateret, near Ramallah, to investigate a suspicious individual who stabbed the soldiers while being questioned. The Palestinian assailant was later identified as 18-year-old Mohammed Asmar from Beit Rima. The attack occurred after a third soldier was injured during a car-ramming attack near Hebron. The suspect was killed by the IDF while trying to evade arrest.
- Terrorist Organizations Urge More Violence: Both the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Hamas issued statements praising the two attacks. The PFLP said that “the escalation of operations in the West Bank, including the ramming operation in Hebron and the stabbing near Ramallah,” represented a “natural and legitimate response to the occupation’s crimes.” Meanwhile, Hamas called on Palestinians in the West Bank “to strengthen the spirit of steadfastness and escalate resistance in all its forms” while expressing the group’s “rejection of all attempts at Judaization, annexation, and plans to liquidate [its] cause.”
- Terror-Linked NGO Raided: The IDF raided the office of the PFLP-linked Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in Ramallah on December 2, arresting eight wanted individuals and confiscating materials that incited violence, according to the IDF. The raid also seized more than $200,000 in illicit funds. “The organization, which presents itself as helping in agriculture, actively serves as a wing to the PLFP terror organization and operates to advance incitement to terrorism and funnel funds for terror activities on behalf of the organization,” an IDF statement read.
