On March 30, 2026, Abdel Rahman Hamza Al-Rob, 31, an active officer in the Palestinian Authority police force in Tulkarm, accelerated his vehicle toward IDF soldiers at the Enav checkpoint. The IDF soldiers, acting resourcefully, neutralized him on the spot, thereby preventing a larger attack.
The Fatah movement’s Jenin district branch, the movement of the PA Chairman, issued an official ‘Shahid’ (martyr) notice for him. His family members, who eulogized him on social networks, had previously posted statements praising the October 7th massacre.
In the morning hours of Monday, March 30, IDF fighters operating at the Enav checkpoint under the Ephraim Brigade, near Tulkarm, identified a vehicle accelerating toward them. The terrorist sped toward the fighters, who opened fire and neutralized him. There were no casualties among the IDF fighters.
The attack was carried out on Arab Land Day, a day that for decades has been accompanied by a wave of violence and attacks against Jews in Judea and Samaria.
The Identity of the Terrorist: A PA Police Officer
The terrorist, Abdel Rahman Abu Al-Rob, 31, was an officer in the PA police. Just one day before carrying out the attack, the terrorist had been transferred to his new position. Effectively, on his very first day in his new role, Abdel Rahman Abu Al-Rob carried out an attempted ramming attack against IDF soldiers.
The Fatah Organization, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Movement: “The Heroic Shahid Who Fulfilled His National Duty”
The Judea & Samaria Situation Room (JSR) revealed that the Jenin district branch of the Fatah movement, the movement of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the organization that funds Al-Rob’s salary, published an official notice calling him “the Shahid of the eternal Land Day” and “the heroic officer,” claiming he “ascended to heaven while fulfilling his national duty within the framework of his work in the Palestinian Police.”