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IDF says suspected car-ramming in West Bank was not terror attack
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Following reports of a suspected car-ramming attack near the West Bank settlement of Ofra, the IDF says the incident was not determined to be a terror attack.
According to the military, the incident involved a verbal altercation between an Israeli driver and a Palestinian driver, during which the Palestinian driver struck an Israeli civilian with his vehicle.
The Israeli civilian sustained light injuries and was treated at the scene by first responders, the IDF says.
The Palestinian driver later turned himself in to the authorities.
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