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Magen David Adom ambulance brings patient to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem (archive)

An Israeli soldier was killed Thursday morning in a Palestinian Authority terrorist shooting attack in Samaria near Beit Lid as he was traveling home for a break from IDF reserve duty.

Twenty-nine-year-old Elchanan Klein, a father of three from the Jewish community of Einav, was killed when his vehicle was overtaken and he was mortally wounded by terrorists in a drive-by shooting.

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He was pronounced dead at the scene by Magen David Adom emergency medical responders.

Elchanan eliminated a terrorist who had thrown blocks at a car and attempted to open it, in May 2022 – an action for which he received a citation.

“When we arrived at the scene, we saw in the bushes, on the side of the road, a car upside down on its roof,” senior MDA medic Benzi Landsberg said.

“The driver of the vehicle … was unconscious without a pulse and without breathing and with penetrating injuries. We performed medical tests and in a short time we had to determine his death.”

Earlier in the day, a 40-year-old Israeli woman was injured in a rock-throwing attack as she drove in Samaria along Route 55 near the Jewish community of Karnei Shomron.

The woman managed to drive to a spot near the community of Alfei Menashe, where she was treated by medics from Magen David Adom.


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.