Israelis kill Palestinian after alleged car ramming

SMA NEWS – JERICHO
Israelis on Sunday shot dead a Palestinian who, according to the army and medics, had rammed his car into soldiers in the occupied West Bank.
The incident near the city of Jericho comes amid mounting violence across Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.
“An assailant accelerated his vehicle toward IDF (Israeli army) soldiers who were at a bus station adjacent to the Nabi Musa Junction,” the army said, before he continued and drove at other soldiers nearby.
“A police officer and a civilian who were at the scene responded with live fire toward the assailant and neutralized him,” and soldiers had also fired at the driver, an army statement said.
An army spokeswoman confirmed to AFP that the driver was killed.
An AFP journalist at the scene saw soldiers surrounding a damaged white car beside a bus stop, which was cornered off with red tape.