Captain Ariel Topaz, a 24-year-old officer from Pardes Hana in Israeli settlement, succumbed to injuries sustained in a car-ramming attack earlier this month. The incident took place outside a military base in central occupied Palestine, leaving Topaz and three other off-duty occupation soldiers seriously wounded.

The attack, which occurred on July 14 at the Nir Tzvi junction, involved a vehicle-ramming and shooting operation. Initial reports revealed that three Israeli settlers, including two soldiers, were injured in the assault.

Captain Topaz, who served in the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Research Department, was a promising young officer. His death comes amidst Israeli ongoing violence in the West Bank and the genocidal war on Gaza, which has seen recent massacres in the Mawasi Khan Younis area and the al-Shati refugee camp in western Gaza City.

Israeli officials have expressed concerns over the increasing threat of attacks in the West Bank, with references to the “Lebanonization” of the occupied territory. The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by Palestinian Resistance groups has become a growing concern for the Israeli occupation army and intelligence leadership.

Source: Israeli media (edited by Al-Manar English Website)