Israel army says West Bank attacker who tried to run over troops killed

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said its troops shot dead a man who tried to run over a group of soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

The incident occurred in Einabus in the northern West Bank, the military said.

“A short while ago, a report was received regarding a terrorist who attempted to run over IDF (Israeli army) soldiers operating in the area of Einabus,” the military said.

“In response, the soldiers fired at the terrorist and eliminated him.”

The military did not provide other details of the incident, which came just days after a Palestinian ran over an Israeli in his sixties with his vehicle and later stabbed an 18-year-old girl to death in northern Israel.

The perpetrator was killed during the attack.

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Following that incident on Friday, the military conducted a two-day operation in the West Bank town of Qabatiya from where the attacker came, detaining several residents including his father and brothers.

Since the start of the war in Gaza following Hamas’ attack on Israel in October 2023, violence has also surged in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967.

Israeli troops and settlers have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the territory, including many as well as dozens of civilians, according to an AFP tally based on figures from the Palestinian health ministry.

According to official Israeli figures, at least 44 Israelis, both soldiers and civilians, have also been killed in Palestinian attacks or Israeli military operations in the same period in the West Bank.