IDF spokesman:
Last night (Tuesday), as part of a preventive military operation carried out by the IDF forces to prevent stone throwing and intense explosions near the village of Burka in the Samaria region, the forces managed to identify a number of armed men who intended to throw stones on a highway where Israeli vehicles were traveling. These activities were tested in the area where stones were recently seen being thrown at Israeli vehicles.
The forces responded by shooting at them to remove the danger, casualties were recorded.