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2023-06-06 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF: 2 soldiers hurt in northern West Bank ramming; assailant detained
[IsraelTimes] Paleostinian driver initially flees scene in Huwara, is caught by troops near entrance to Nablus with knife in his car

Two Israeli soldiers were maimed in a car-ramming attack in the northern West Bank town of Huwara on Monday evening, the military and medical officials said.

The Israel Defense Forces said the Paleostinian driver intentionally rammed his car into the two soldiers in the town. The pair were taken to the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, which said they were in moderate and light condition respectively.

The Paleostinian driver initially expeditiously departed at a goodly pace, before being caught by troops close to an entrance to the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

"IDF forces identified the suspicious vehicle after a short while, began a pursuit, and arrested the terrorist. A knife was found in his vehicle," the IDF said.

He was handed over to the Shin Bet security agency for further questioning.

It was the second alleged car-ramming attack to take place in Huwara in recent weeks, after a soldier was moderately hurt under similar circumstances on May 21. The driver turned himself in to security forces two days later.

Huwara has long been a flashpoint in the West Bank, as it is just about the only Paleostinian town that Israelis regularly travel through in order to reach settlements. There are plans to build a bypass road for settlers to avoid having to travel through the town, but the construction work has dragged on for years.

There have been several shooting attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers in the town in recent months, including the killing of two brothers in February. Also last month, a Paleostinian woman stabbed a soldier in Huwara, before being rubbed out.

There have also been a handful of instances of settler violence targeting the Paleostinian residents of Huwara, including a deadly rampage that unfolded hours after the February attack in which the two Israeli brothers were rubbed out. A 37-year-old Paleostinian man was killed, some three hundred were maimed — four seriously — and dozens of buildings and vehicles were torched.
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