An Israeli reservist soldier rammed his vehicle into a Palestinian man as he prayed on a roadside in the occupied West Bank on Thursday (December 25) after earlier firing shots in the area, the Israeli military said.

"Footage was received of an armed individual running over a Palestinian individual," it said in a statement, adding the individual was a reservist and his military service had been terminated.

The reservist acted "in severe violation of his authority" and his weapon had been confiscated, the military said.

Israeli media reported that he was being held under house arrest.

The Israeli police did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The Palestinian man Majdi Abu Mukho went to hospital for checks after the attack, but was unhurt and is now at home.

Video which aired on Palestinian TV and was verified by Reuters shows a man in civilian clothing with a gun slung over his shoulder driving an off-road vehicle into a man praying on the side of the road.

Reuters confirmed the location as Deir Jareer from the road layout, utility pole and shape of the hill which matched satellite imagery of the area. Location was also confirmed by Reuters reports on the ground.

The date was confirmed by official and media reports. Israeli military confirmed that the individual who ran over the praying man is a military reservist.

This year was one of the most violent on record for Israeli civilian attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, according to United Nations data that shows more than 750 injuries.

More than a thousand Palestinians were killed in the West Bank between October 7, 2023 and October 17, 2025, mostly in operations by security forces and some by settler violence, according to the U.N. In the same period, 57 Israelis were killed in Palestinian attacks.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

DASH CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING ISRAELI MAN RAMMING PALESTINIAN MAN WITH HIS VEHICLE / PALESTINIAN FATHER OF MAJDI ABU MUKHO WHO WAS ATTACKED, SPEAKING ABOUT THE INCIDENT

VERIFICATION:

- LOCATION VERIFIED BY ROAD LAYOUT, UTILITY POLE AND SHAPE OF THE HILL WHICH MATCHED SATELLITE IMAGERY.

- LOCATION WAS CONFIRMED BY REUTERS REPORTS ON THE GROUND.

- DATE VERIFIED BY OFFICIAL AND MEDIA REPORTS

- ISRAELI MILITARY CONFIRMED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO RAN OVER THE PRAYING MAN IS A MILITARY RESERVIST

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SHOWS: DEIR JAREER, WEST BANK (DECEMBER 25, 2025) (SOCIAL MEDIA - NO RESALE / NO ARCHIVE / NEWS USE ONLY)

1. DASH CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING ISRAELI MAN WITH HIS VEHICLE RAMMING PALESTINIAN MAN, MAJDI ABU MUKHO, PRAYING AT ROAD SIDE

DEIR JAREER, WEST BANK (DECEMBER 26, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

2. VARIOUS OF MAJDI ABU MUKHO WHO WAS INJURED AFTER AN ISRAELI MAN RAMMED HIM, GOING BACK HOME FROM HOSPITAL

3. VARIOUS OF MOHAMMED ABU MUKHO, FATHER OF MAJDI ABU MUKHO, WITH HIS SON IN BEDROOM

4. MAJDI SITTING ON BED

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MOHAMMED ABU MUKHO, FATHER OF MAJDI ABU MUKHO, SAYING:

"We came back from Ramallah, me with my son and my wife, we were surprised that settlers put a checkpoint at the entrance of the village with their cows. We waited for hours so we can cross with other people. While waiting, it was the time for prayer, my son decided to get out of the car and pray. He went to pray, and I was waiting in the car, suddenly we saw a settler in a tractor, he deliberately rammed my son, and he attacked me and he sprayed pepper gas towards me."

6. VARIOUS OF SITE, WHERE ABU MUKHO WAS PRAYING WHEN HE GOT ATTACKED BY ISRAELI MAN

7. ABU MUKHO WATCHING THE VIDEO OF THE RAMMING ATTACK

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FATHER OF MAJDI, MOHAMMED ABU MUKHO, SAYING:

"My son seems shocked, I don't feel that he is good. I hope he will get better. Thank God that's what happened. The settlers are attacking people everywhere, their aim is to attack people."

9. VARIOUS OF ISRAELI OUTPOST SEEN FROM DEIR JAREER

10. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE INSIDE DEIR JAREER

11. ROAD TO DEIR JAREER

12. VARIOUS OF SIGNS READING (Arabic / English) DEIR JAREER