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IDF: Soldier shot dead Palestinian terrorist who carried out car-ramming attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Palestinian terrorist who carried out the car-ramming attack at the Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank was shot dead by a soldier of the Kfir Brigade’s Nahshon Battalion, the military says.
The IDF says troops are carrying out road closures in the area.
Two teenage girls were wounded in the attack, one seriously.
The assailant was identified as a 30-year-old Palestinian from the Hebron area.
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