• One Israeli soldier was killed and three others were injured on Thursday, after a 41-year-old Palestinian truck driver — who had a permit to work in Israel — rammed into the Maccabim checkpoint. The attacker was later shot dead by Israeli forces near the West Bank village of Nilin during a pursuit. Reuters (LR: 3 CP: 5)
• The checkpoint between Israel and the West Bank, which is typically busy with commuters and soldiers, is located near the Israeli city of Modiin, on a major highway leading from central Israel through the West Bank and into Jerusalem. Al Jazeera (LR: 2 CP: 1)
• According to an initial investigation by the Israel Defense Forces, the assailant made a U-turn without entering the West Bank, running over off-duty soldiers of the 411th Battalion of the 282nd Regiment in the Artillery Corps who were walking from a nearby army post to a bus station. The Times of Israel
• The one fatality was named as Maxim Molchanov, who immigrated to Israel from Ukraine in 2017. A senior Israeli police officer identified the truck driver as Daoud Abdel Razak Faiz from the West Bank town of Deir 'Ammar. Haaretz.com
• This incident comes in a tense week, after Palestinian militants detonated an improvised explosive device near a convoy of Israeli troops escorting Jewish pilgrims to Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, and Israeli police killed a 14-year-old Palestinian who allegedly stabbed a man in Jerusalem. BBC News (LR: 3 CP: 5)
• The unrest is part of a more than yearlong wave of violence in the West Bank, in which over 180 Palestinians — nearly half of them affiliated with militant groups — and more than 30 Israelis have been killed, according to a tally by the Associated Press. Associated Press (LR: 3 CP: 5)

Pro-Israel:

• This terrorist attack callously stole the life of a selfless defender of Israel. The quick neutralization of the attacker shows the importance of Israeli checkpoints and the dangerous conditions the IDF faces every day defending Israel. This attack must have serious consequences, and terrorism in Israel must be defeated.
  Haaretz.com

Pro-Palestine:

• Considering that this attack comes amid Israel's repeated military raids into Palestinian towns, as well as attacks by illegal Jewish settlers, it's ultimately Israel that needs to be held responsible for violence in the holy land, not the Palestinians who are only seeking freedom. Attacks like this will, unfortunately, continue for as long as Israel continues its brutal occupation.
  Middle East Monitor

Nerd narrative:

• There is a 50% chance that Israel will recognize Palestine by November 2073, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
  Metaculus (LR: 3 CP: 3)