[48483] Tragedy in Samaria: IDF soldier Netanel Ayala, of blessed memory, killed in a car accident on Route 60

Tragedy in Samaria: IDF soldier killed in accident

It has been permitted for publication that Staff Sergeant Netanel (Nati) Ayala, 20, from the settlement of Ofra, is the IDF soldier who was killed overnight in a fatal car accident on Route 60 in the Binyamin region. According to Hadashot Online, Ayala was riding his motorcycle near the village of Luban a-Sharqiya when a head-on collision with a private vehicle occurred.

Preliminary findings by traffic investigators indicate that the motorcycle swerved into the oncoming lane, where it struck the private vehicle. 301 World of the Arabs News, a channel characterized by a critical stance regarding security events in Judea and Samaria, reported that the driver involved was an "illegal resident who was speeding in a stolen vehicle." Hadashot Online added that the vehicle the suspect was driving had been stolen from the Tel Aviv area a few days ago.

Following the accident, the driver of the colliding vehicle abandoned the vehicle at the scene and fled on foot. Security forces, including the police, Border Police, and the IDF, have launched extensive searches in the Binyamin area to locate the fleeing driver, and the pursuit for him is ongoing at this hour.

The settlement of Ofra issued an official mourning notice regarding the death of the soldier. Further details regarding the time of his funeral and shiva arrangements will be published later by the family and the settlement.