The body of an Israeli citizen, a resident of East Jerusalem in his 40s, was found in Wadi Rahhal near Bethlehem, police reported. Officers from the Etzion station were called to the scene and entered with IDF forces, along with forensic investigators from the Jerusalem District, and began collecting findings and evidence at the scene for the police investigation that has commenced. In addition, the body will be transferred for examination at the Institute of Forensic Medicine to determine the cause of death, and the background to the incident appears to be criminal.

