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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, August 31, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Victim of terror ramming identified as an IDF soldier
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The scene of a truck-ramming attack at the Hashmonaim checkpoint near Modiin, August 31, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
The Israel Defense Forces confirms that the fatality in this morning’s truck-ramming terror attack near the central city of Modiin is a soldier.
The Palestinian assailant ran over a group of off-duty soldiers who were walking on the side of the road near the Maccabim checkpoint, before fleeing to the nearby Hashmonaim checkpoint where he was shot dead.
The slain soldier is not immediately named.
