Commander of the Binyamin Regional Brigade, Col. Yisrael Shomer, shot and killed 17-year-old Palestinian Muhammad ‚Ali-Kosba on the morning of Friday, 3 July 2015, in the West Bank town of a-Ram north of Jerusalem. OC Central Command, Maj. Gen. Roni Numa, stated that he “fully backed the brigade commander and the way he handled the incident, in which the force was faced with real mortal threat.” Various Israeli politicians issued statements of support for Col. Shomer and for his actions in the incident.