Members of Israeli forces secure the scene of a car ramming incident near Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
A Palestinian was shot dead after he carried out a car-ramming attack against Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.
The Israeli military said the Palestinian attacker drove his car into the soldiers at a bus station and then struck others by a nearby intersection, injuring five of them.
He tried to flee the scene when he was shot by a police officer and an armed civilian, the military said.
Members of Israeli forces secure the scene of a car ramming incident near Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the Palestinian died from his wounds.
The incident follows months of tensions that have deepened since Israeli forces began a crackdown in the West Bank in March in response to a series of attacks by Palestinians in Israel.
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Members of Israeli forces secure the scene of a car ramming incident near Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
(Reporting by Ali Sawafta and Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Alison Williams)
Members of Israeli forces secure the scene of a car ramming incident near Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar AwadA view of the scene of a car ramming incident near Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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