Perpetrator of ramming attack near Givat Asaf named as 58-year-old Palestinian

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The perpetrator of the ramming attack near Givat Asaf is named in media reports as 58-year-old Hayil Dhaifallah, from the central West Bank town of Rafat.

He was “neutralized” by troops at the scene, the IDF said earlier.

An Israeli man was critically wounded in the attack.

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