A 21-year-old IDF soldier was seriously injured on Friday morning when a terrorist slammed his head with a large stone after infiltrating an IDF position near the community of Beit El, located in the Binyamin Regional Council district in Shomron.

According to a report from the IDF Spokesman Unit, the terrorist infiltrated via a security fence, entering an IDF post near Beit El. The soldier got into a struggle with the terrorist, during which time the terrorist struck him in the head with a large stone, then fleeing the scene. A manhunt continues for him.

The soldier was transported to the trauma unit of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where the hospital spokesperson reports he is in critical condition, on an assisted breathing apparatus.

In an update from Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, it is reported that terror victims Shira Ish-Ran and Shira Sabag are showing signs of improvement.

Shira Sabag, who was among the wounded in the Givat Assaf terror attack on Thursday, underwent surgery and it is hoped that during the course of erev Shabbos, she will be moved from the recovery room to a regular unit. The soldier wounded by gunfire in his head in the same attack is reportedly in serious/life threatening condition following lifesaving neurosurgery and he remains in an intensive care unit in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.

A border policewoman wounded in the terrorist attack at Shar Shechem on Thursday remains in Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital, B’chasdei Hashem, she is now reported in light condition.

Shira Ish-Ran, the 21-year-old seriously wounded in the Sunday night shooting attack near the entrance to Yishuv Ofra is also improving. She was in her 30th week of pregnancy, but R”L the baby boy, Amiad HY”D, did not survive. Doctors had to deliver him to save the mom’s life. Her husband, Amichai, who sustained bullet wounds to a leg, is also improving B”H.

The accompanying photos and video show the site where the terrorist infiltrated the security fence to enter the IDF position near Beit El.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem/Photo Credit: Media Resource Group)