Alleged car attack in the West Bank leaves three injured and driver is killed

Three people were injured in an alleged car attack in west bank occupied, informed the health services and the Israeli army, which announced that it had killed the driver of the car.

The army indicated that it had neutralized a “terrorist” after he rammed a vehicle into several pedestrians (persons on foot) in the town of Beit Ummar, a few kilometers north of Hebron, in the southern West Bank.

A military spokesman confirmed to the AFP that the alleged perpetrator of the hit-and-run had died.

He Magen David Adom (Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross) indicated for its part that the attack had left three wounded, one of them seriously.

The identity of the driver is unknown at this time.

Israeli police said hours earlier that they had shot down a israeli arab that he had stolen an agent’s gun and started shooting in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The man was identified as Mohamed al Asibi, a 26-year-old medical student from Hura, a Bedouin city in southern Israel.

The family rejected the police version and asked to see the images from the security cameras, according to local media. Police said there was no video surveillance.

Both events ended a relative lull in violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan ten days ago.

Since the beginning of the year, the conflict has claimed the lives of 88 Palestinians, including militants and civilians, as well as an Israeli Arab, 14 Israelis, including members of the security forces and civilians, and a Ukrainian woman, according to a tally. from the AFP from official sources on both sides.