The IDF opened an investigation into an incident that occurred on Tuesday night, during a military operation carried out in the area of the Maccabim crossing, near the point where Molotov cocktails were thrown at Israeli vehicles traveling on Road 443 a few days ago.
The IDF lookouts and the fighters in the field spotted a suspect at the spot. The force responded by firing at the suspect, who fled the spot. About an hour and a half after the incident, a fatally injured civilian arrived at the Maccabim crossing as a result of gunshot wounds. After the wounded man received medical treatment on the spot by IDF forces and medical forces who rushed to the scene, he was pronounced dead. The IDF spokesman said that the incident was being investigated, and at the same time an Military Police Investigations investigation was opened, at the end of which its findings would be submitted for examination by the military prosecutor's office.