Israeli Soldier Wounded in West Bank Car-ramming Attack

LIVE UPDATES: Three Israelis wounded in two attacks in West Bank; one thwarted stabbing attack near Hebron; all three Palestinian assailants shot dead; Palestinians say 21-year-old killed in Qalandiyah clashes.

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Dec 24, 2015 1:57 PM

Israeli soldiers work around the body of a Palestinian assailant after he was shoot dead in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. — AP

24.12.2015
Palestinian Health Ministry releases names of two dead attackers

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25.12.2015 | 01:01

Three Israelis hurt, 3 assailants killed in day of violence in West Bank

Three Israelis were wounded in two different attacks in the West Bank on Thursday. In another incident, a stabbing attack was thwarted in the Hebron area. All three Palestinian assailants were shot dead.

Real the full report on all of Thursday's events

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24.12.2015 | 16:24

Palestinians say 21-year-old killed in Qalandiyah clashes

Clashes broke out between soldiers and Palestinians while the Duvdevan unit was carrying out an undercover operation in the Qalandiyah refugee camp near Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon. According to the IDF, Palestinians hurled rocks, firebombs, and a solar water heater at the soldiers, and also fired arms, as the force was retreating from the area.

The IDF added that two armed Palestinians were wounded, and that two soldiers were lightly wounded by the rock throwing.

Meanwhile, the Palestinians reported that Bilal Omar Zaid, 21, died in the clashes. Ahmad Bitawi, the director of Ramallah Hospital, said he was hit in the head by live fire

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24.12.2015 | 13:56

Palestinian Health Ministry releases names of two dead attackers

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the assailant killed after stabbing two security guards in Ariel was Mouhamed Zaharn, 23, from the village of Adick in the West Bank.

The Palestinian man killed after trying to stab soldier outside Hebron was identified as Iyad Jamal Issa Adyisat, from the Yatta.

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24.12.2015 | 12:55

Stabbing victims in Ariel industrial park attack hospitalized

The two people wounded in the stabbing attack near Ariel are a man and a woman, both 24, with multiple stabbing wounds in their upper body.

The victims were evacuated to Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva.

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24.12.2015 | 12:55

Palestinians report six wounded in clashes with Israeli forces

Palestinians are clashing with Israeli forces in the Qalandiyah refugee camp, near Jerusalem.

Palestinian reports say six were wounded from live rounds.

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24.12.2015 | 12:42

Assailant in car-ramming attack dies of wounds

The Palestinian driver who crashed his car into a group of soldiers, lightly wounding one, has died of his wounds after he was shot.

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24.12.2015 | 11:56

Soldier wounded in West Bank car-ramming attack

An Israeli soldier suffers light wounds in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank.

A Palestinian driver crashed his car into a group of soldiers standing at the entrance to IDF's Rama Base, near the settlement of Geva Binyamin, north of Jerusalem.

The driver has been shot.

Israeli security forces stand guard as ultra-Orthodox Jewish Zaka volunteers evacuate the body of a Palestinian man who was shot dead after he reportedly rammed his car into a group of Israeli soldiers near a military post in the Israeli occupied West Bank north of Jerusalem on December 24, 2015. — The site of the car-ramming attack near a military post in the Israeli occupied West Bank north of Jerusalem on December 24, 2015. AFP

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24.12.2015 | 10:32

Stabbing attack thwarted outside Hebron

A Palestinian man armed with a screwdriver attempted to stab soldiers at a checkpoint outside Hebron, on Route 60.

The Israeli armed forces shot and killed him. No injuries reported.

Israeli soldiers work around the body of a Palestinian assailant after he was shot dead in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. AP

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24.12.2015 | 09:40

Palestinian stabs two in West Bank industrial park

Two security guards were stabbed in an attack at an industrial park near the settlement of Ariel, in the West Bank. The attacker was killed.

The body of a Palestinian, who was shot by Israeli police after he stabbed and wounded two security guards, according to police, is seen on the ground near a military ambulance, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel December 24, 2015. — The body of a Palestinian, who was shot by Israeli police after he stabbed and wounded two security guards, near Arial, December 2015. Reuters

The two victims, both security guards, were stabbed in the upper body. One of them suffered severe wounds and the other was moderately injured, Magen David Adom said.