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IDF Says Soldier, Police Officer Injured in Ramming Attack in Northern West Bank

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – A soldier of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and a police officer have sustained minor injuries in a car-ramming incident in the Palestinian city of Nablus, located in the northern West Bank, the IDF press service said on Wednesday.
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“An assailant just attempted to run his car over an IDF soldier & a police officer at a junction south of Nabulus, lightly injuring them. The assailant then drew a knife at the forces,” the press service wrote on Twitter.

​The IDF opened fire at the attacker and apprehended him, the service added, noting that the assailant had been “neutralized.”

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