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Suspect Surrenders After Deadly Ramming Near Homesh That Killed 18-Year-Old Yehuda Sherman

Authorities are investigating whether the Palestinian-plated vehicle intentionally struck the brothers’ off-road patrol near the Shuva Israel outpost.

Overview

  • Security officials said the driver turned himself in overnight and is being questioned by the IDF, police and the ISA.
  • The head of IDF Central Command, Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, visited the scene Sunday with the Samaria Brigade commander and other security officials to review initial findings.
  • Preliminary accounts indicate the brothers’ off-road vehicle was hit by a car that accelerated toward them from the nearby village of Beit Ummarin as investigators assess intent.
  • Yehuda Shmuel Sherman, 18, of Elon Moreh, was killed; his brother was moderately injured and conscious, and a third Israeli present was unhurt.
  • Regional and national leaders condemned the killing and pledged to reinforce settlement activity in Samaria.