Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Israeli Soldier Seriously Injured in West Bank Car-Ramming Attack
A car drove toward Israeli security personnel at a checkpoint in the West Bank.
One Israeli soldier was seriously hurt.
Israeli forces said they killed the driver.
Emergency workers took the injured soldier to a hospital.
Palestinian officials identified the driver as 29-year-old Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman.
They said Israeli authorities were keeping his body.
The attack happened near Beit Horon, west of Ramallah.
It took place during a period of increased violence in the West Bank.
A car-ramming at a checkpoint near Beit Horon seriously injured an Israeli soldier on Wednesday.
Israeli police said troops killed the attacker after the vehicle targeted a policewoman and soldier conducting searches.
Magen David Adom said it evacuated a seriously injured man to a hospital.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the dead attacker as 29-year-old Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman.
The incident occurred amid heightened West Bank violence since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
- Who
- An Israeli soldier was seriously injured, and Palestinian health officials identified the attacker as Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman, 29.
- What
- A car-ramming at a checkpoint injured the soldier; Israeli forces killed the attacker.
- When
- Wednesday; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Near the Beit Horon settlement, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
- Why
- Israeli police said the attacker drove toward a policewoman and soldier conducting vehicle searches; no further motive was provided.
Israeli Officials
Palestinian Authorities
Description of the incident
Israeli Officials
Israeli police said the driver targeted a policewoman and soldier conducting vehicle searches and was killed by security forces.
Palestinian Authorities
The Palestinian health ministry reported that Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman was shot by Israeli forces near Beit Ur al-Tahta.
Treatment of the attacker’s body
Israeli Officials
Israeli officials did not provide a position on the body in the reported statements.
Palestinian Authorities
The Palestinian health ministry said Israeli authorities were withholding the attacker’s body.
- Incident
- Car-ramming at a checkpoint
- Israeli casualty
- One soldier seriously injured
- Attacker
- Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman, according to the Palestinian health ministry
- Attacker’s fate
- Killed by Israeli forces
- Location
- Near Beit Horon, west of Ramallah
- Emergency response
- Magen David Adom evacuated a seriously injured man to hospital
- Broader toll
- AFP counted 1,110 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces or settlers and at least 49 Israelis killed in related violence since the Gaza war began