The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they happen.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society says three people are hospitalized in serious condition after the IDF opened fire at their car between the villages of Urif and Einabus south of Nablus.

The fourth passenger, who was killed, is identified by the Palestinian Authority as Qays Allan, 20. Allan’s body is still being held by Israeli forces, according to the PA’s General Authority of Civil Affairs.

The IDF said earlier that forces killed a Palestinian who tried to carry out a ramming attack against troops.

The IDF statement did not mention other people being in the vehicle with the suspected assailant. No troops were injured, according to the military.

Palestinian media reports that the vehicle rolled over and caught fire as a result of the IDF gunfire. Footage from the scene shows the flames.

اللحظات الأولى بعد انقلاب مركبة واشتعال النار بها إثر إطلاق قوات الاحتلال النار عليها بكثافة بين قريتي عينابوس وعوريف جنوب نابلس

التفاصيل: https://t.co/vCLwmxvXbJ pic.twitter.com/WbVi2ebplS

— موقع عرب 48 (@arab48website) December 30, 2025

A video of a protester sitting in the street and facing down police on motorbikes during demonstrations that erupted in Tehran in recent days has gone viral on social media, with some observers calling it Iran’s “Tiananmen moment.”

Protesters, including shopkeepers and university students, have been rallying against economic hardship in Iran since Sunday.

The viral footage shows a person sitting cross-legged on the road with their head bowed before more than 20 police officers on motorbikes, wearing helmets and dressed all in black. Behind the protester, a crowd runs to escape clouds of tear gas, the footage shows.

A video shared with Iran International showed one protester sitting in the middle of a street in Tehran and refusing to move as motorbike-riding security forces moved in on demonstrators. pic.twitter.com/uic3kBOoPv

— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) December 29, 2025

Some internet users compare the person to the man who faced a column of tanks in Beijing during the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, following demonstrations demanding greater political freedoms.

An AFP investigation found that the Iranian video was posted on social media at around 1330 GMT yesterday, day two of the protests that began at Tehran’s largest mobile phone market before spreading. AFP was able to confirm that the video was shot on Jomhouri Avenue in central Tehran, near the mobile phone shopping center.

The video and screenshots of the scene have since garnered thousands of likes on Instagram and other social media networks.

The controversial alternative film awards ceremony was held tonight at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, hosted by Culture Minister Miki Zohar as his response to the Ophir Awards that gave prizes to films he said were pro-Palestinian and cast the IDF in a negative light.

Hundreds of protesters stood outside the event hall, protesting the ceremony, while another protest was held earlier in the day outside Zohar’s home.

During his opening speech, Zohar........

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