A Palestinian man from Jenin who was in Israel illegally stole a vehicle and crashed it into a checkpoint outside an IDF base in central Israel before being arrested, police say.
The suspect, described by police as being in his 20s, stole a car from the Tel Aviv area and moderately wounded a man in his 20s when he crashed it into a barrier next to the Tzrifin IDF base, south of Ben Gurion Airport.
Police say that officers pursued the vehicle until the man was apprehended in Ramle, not far from the base.
According to a report in the Ynet news site, the suspect crashed through the checkpoint and drove inside the base for several minutes before returning to the checkpoint and hitting the young man. Despite this he was still not apprehended until after he had left the base.
Ynet identified the wounded Israeli as an IDF soldier, and said he was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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