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Neria Leiter, son of Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, is in critical condition after a car-ramming attack at a checkpoint in the West Bank. The attacker, a 29-year-old Palestinian, was killed by security forces. The incident occurred one day before Prime Minister Netanyahu’s UN address.
Three people were injured in a ramming attack at the Gush Etzion Junction: a 17-year-old severely wounded, a 15-year-old moderately wounded, and a third person treated for shock. All were evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, where the severely injured underwent emergency surgery. The suspected attacker was killed by a soldier from the Kfir Brigade’s Nahshon Battalion.
A Palestinian truck driver killed an Israeli soldier in a ramming attack near a checkpoint in the West Bank, and was subsequently shot dead by Israeli security forces. This incident occurred shortly after Palestinians wounded four Israeli soldiers in a roadside bombing. The truck driver had a permit to work in Israel and targeted a group of off-duty soldiers, killing one and injuring three others. The Islamist militant group Hamas praised the attack, but did not claim responsibility. The West Bank remains a contentious area where Palestinians seek statehood, while Israel's right-wing government promotes Jewish settlement in the territory.
A Palestinian assailant hit three Israeli soldiers in a ramming attack near the West Bank village of Beit Ummar, leaving one soldier in serious condition. The attacker was shot dead by other soldiers. The assailant was identified as a 23-year-old officer in the Palestinian Authority security services. The attack came hours after police in Jerusalem shot dead a man they said grabbed the gun of an officer and fired it twice at other servicemembers.