Israeli forces and emergency responders work at the scene of what Israel’s ambulance services said was a fatal stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank, Nov. 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dedi Hayun

Palestinian attackers killed an Israeli man and wounded three other people in a car-ramming and stabbing in the West Bank on Tuesday before soldiers shot dead the assailants, Israeli leaders and the military said.

The military said explosive materials were found in the vehicle used by the attackers, which were neutralized by bomb disposal specialists.

A spokesperson for the Israeli ambulance service said a 71-year-old Israeli man was stabbed to death. A woman, a boy, and another man were wounded.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which took place between Bethlehem and Hebron at a traffic junction at the entrance to a cluster of Israeli settlements known as the Etzion bloc.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a Palestinian terrorist attack, and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the Palestinian Authority’s failure to condemn it showed why a Palestinian state should not be established.

The attack came as Israel has been under international pressure to curb attacks by some Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene an urgent meeting of ministers and security officials on Thursday to discuss steps to bring Israelis who attack Palestinians to justice, senior officials said.

On Monday, Israelis torched homes and vehicles in Jab’a, a Palestinian village near Bethlehem, after an earlier attack on property and civilians in the village of Sa’ir, the WAFA news agency said, quoting officials.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday the government will take unprecedented steps in coming weeks allocating resources and funding to curbing Israeli violence — a move he expected would have a significant impact.

“The Jewish rioters in Judea and Samaria harm the State of Israel, disgrace Judaism, and cause damage to the settlement project,” Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar posted on X on Monday, using the biblical names for the West Bank.

“The IDF, the Shin Bet, and the Israel Police must act decisively and firmly to stop this rampage, which is also directed at our soldiers and police officers.”