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Israeli injured in car attack on West Bank

April 19, 2017 19:01
Gush Etzion Junction, scene of an earlier terror attack in 2015 (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
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Israeli soldiers shot dead the driver of a car which wounded a 60-year old man in a ramming attack in the West Bank earlier today.

The victim was taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem with a head wound after being treated by paramedics.

The attack took place near the Gush Zion Etzion junction, which has been the scene of a number of similar attacks on Israelis over the past two years.

According to Ha’aretz, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed a 21-year-old man from East Jerusalem had been killed in the incident.

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