{"id":89804,"date":"2025-09-29T09:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=89804"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:12:55","slug":"idf-soldier-killed-in-samaria-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/idf-soldier-killed-in-samaria-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF soldier killed in Samaria terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em><span class=\"light-weight-content\">) \u2013&nbsp;<\/span>An Israeli soldier was killed on Sunday afternoon during a terrorist attack in the area of the Jit Junction in Samaria.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89835\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF_soldier.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89835\" class=\"wp-image-89835 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF_soldier-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF_soldier-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF_soldier-350x350.png 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89835\" class=\"wp-image-89835 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF_soldier-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF_soldier-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF_soldier-350x350.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-89835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Staff Sgt. Inbar Avraham Kav. Credit: IDF.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The soldier was identified as Staff Sgt. Inbar Avraham Kav, 20, of the Paratroopers Brigade\u2019s 890th Battalion, from Lotem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Minister Israel Katz said he sent his \u201cheartfelt condolences\u201d to Kav\u2019s family and embraced them \u201con behalf of the entire Israeli people.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military \u201cwill continue to fight with determination against Palestinian terrorism, strike at its perpetrators and its instigators, and will not allow it to raise its head,\u201d Katz tweeted in Hebrew.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue Without Borders in Judea and Samaria reported that one person, later identified as Kav, had suffered a head injury in a vehicular assault near the junction, located near Kedumim.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89834\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89834\" class=\"wp-image-89834 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89834\" class=\"wp-image-89834 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-28_16-19-01-1320x880-1.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-89834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magen David Adom emergency rescue medical teams at the scene of a terrorist attack near Kedumim in Samaria on Sept. 28, 2025. Credit: MDA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israeli media reported that after being hit by the vehicle, Kav was then struck by gunfire from Israeli forces firing on the terrorist, according to the Israeli military a Palestinian from Nablus (Shechem) in Samaria.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers from the Samaria Brigade were conducting searches in case additional individuals were involved.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 18, a&nbsp;Jordanian terrorist&nbsp;killed two Israeli soldiers in a combined shooting and stabbing attack at Israel\u2019s Allenby Crossing with the Hashemite Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF identified the slain troops as Sgt. Oran Hershko, 20, a liaison officer in the army\u2019s international cooperation unit; and Lt. Col. (res.) Yitzhak Harosh, 68, an officer in the Civil Administration\u2019s Unit 309.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;death toll&nbsp;among Israeli troops on all fronts since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre now stands at 913.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"IDF%20soldier%20killed%20in%20Samaria%20terror%20attack\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":89834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[8790,8795,8788,14849],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89836,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89804\/revisions\/89836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}