Two Israelis soldiers were killed and two others injured when a Palestinian rammed a car into a group of troops in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Israeli army said. The four were struck when the car ploughed into their group close to the settlement of Mevo Dotan near Jenin in the northern West Bank.
The army said the two killed were an officer and a soldier, without naming them. One of the two injured was in severe condition, the army statement added, saying their families had been informed.
The attacker was arrested and taken to hospital, the army said. He was named as Alaa Kabha, born in 1991, with the army saying it had immediately rescinded the permits of 67 of his family members to work in Israel.
Tensions were high on Friday after Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas called for a day of rage to commemorate 100 days since US President Donald Trump's controversial recognition of JJerusalem as Israel's capital Palestinians also see the city as their capital and Trump's recognition broke with decades of US policy that the status of the city would be negotiated between the parties.
At least 31 Palestinians and four Israelis have been killed since Trump's announcement, which set off major protests.
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