An Israeli man in his 20s was seriously wounded Monday morning in a stabbing at a farming outpost in the West Bank. The Palestinian suspect later died after troops located him during a manhunt and shot him when, according to the military, he attempted to attack the soldiers with a knife.

The attack occurred at the Maoz Yehuda settlement farm near the northern West Bank village of Usarin. The Israeli victim sustained injuries to his chest, back and shoulders, according to the Ynet news site.

Rescuers Without Borders said the Palestinian arrived at the outpost in a vehicle, prompting the Israeli man to approach him and speak with him. The emergency service said the suspect then attacked the Israeli repeatedly with a knife, continuing “until his knife broke.”

The victim, who was later treated at Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, gave an account that was consistent with the initial description of the attack. He said the assailant first asked him where his firearm was and then stabbed him. By late Monday morning, the victim remained in moderate-to-serious condition.

Following the stabbing, the Palestinian suspect escaped from the scene. Footage circulated by Hebrew-language media appeared to show the vehicle speeding away from the area. Investigators also recovered the suspect’s cellphone after it apparently fell during his flight.

Following an extensive search, soldiers located the suspect near the village of Idhna. The military said he attempted to stab the troops and was subsequently shot and killed by a company commander from the 411th Artillery Battalion.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commended the soldiers involved in tracking down the suspect, declaring: “No terrorist has a safe haven.”

Netanyahu added: “We will continue to eliminate terrorists, pursue those who send them, and destroy the terrorist infrastructure in Judea and Samaria,” using the biblical term commonly employed by Israel for the West Bank.

He further warned: “Anyone who tries to threaten Israel and its citizens will pay a heavy price.”

Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, described the stabbing as “very severe.” He urged the government to launch “a broad military operation, to go house to house gathering up weapons and crushing terrorist infrastructure.”

Defense Minister Israel Katz reiterated the government’s stated approach to the West Bank, saying: “Our policy in Judea and Samaria is clear: To fight Palestinian terrorism with strength, to develop and strengthen Jewish settlement, and to preserve security.”

Katz also argued: “Terrorism in Judea and Samaria is at its lowest point in decades,” and said, “and we will take all necessary steps to ensure that terrorism does not return to raise its head again.”

Katz threatens ‘full-scale war’ if PA launches Oct. 7-style attack

Katz subsequently issued an unusually stark warning concerning the Palestinian Authority, which administers portions of the West Bank under the framework established by the Oslo Accords.

He said that if the Palestinian Authority “launches, or we know with certainty that they are preparing to launch, a terror attack in the form of October 7 against IDF forces and Jewish settlement,” he and Netanyahu have ordered preparations for a “full-scale war” against the PA.

The remarks came despite the Palestinian Authority’s longstanding security coordination with Israel, and it was not immediately clear what specifically prompted Katz to issue the threat.

Katz said that if Israel were confronted with a “reality of years-long intifada, as has occurred in the past,” the government would respond with a “comprehensive campaign… including eliminating senior officials [and] removing residents from the cities and towns from which terror activities are carried out.”

He said such an operation would additionally involve “the IDF remaining in the cleared-out territory — just as we’ve done in the security zones in Gaza and Lebanon, and as we’ve also done in the refugee camps in Jenin and northern Samaria,”

The comments came amid continuing violence across the West Bank, where clashes involving Palestinians, Israeli settlers and Israeli forces have intensified.

Palestinian reportedly killed in separate West Bank clash

In a separate incident Sunday night, a Palestinian man was reportedly killed during a confrontation involving residents of a West Bank village, Israeli settlers and IDF troops.

Ynet reported that residents of Haje, located east of Qalqilya, threw stones at a drone that Israeli settlers had flown over the village.

According to the report, the settlers subsequently entered the village to retrieve the drone, leading to a confrontation with local residents.

The IDF said soldiers were sent to the area after receiving reports of a “confrontation” between Palestinian residents and Israeli settlers.

“The troops acted to disperse the confrontation and to take the Israeli civilians out of the village,” the army said.

The military later reported that “Later, a violent disturbance developed, including stone-throwing at the forces by Palestinian rioters,” and said troops initiated a “suspect arrest procedure” that involved “firing into the air and then firing at key instigators.”

Omar Muhammad Tubasi, 20, was killed by gunfire during the confrontation, according to the official Palestinian Authority news agency Wafa, which cited the PA Health Ministry.

The IDF said its investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident was continuing.

West Bank violence has risen considerably in recent months. Much of the reported violence has involved attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, although Palestinian attacks targeting Israelis have also occurred.

Critics have accused the Israeli government and the IDF of tolerating, encouraging or failing to adequately prevent attacks by Israeli civilians against Palestinians. Israeli authorities have repeatedly emphasized their efforts to combat terrorism and maintain security throughout the West Bank.