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Footage of a Palestinian motorist that hit a settler who was part of a group that blocked the road and hurled stones at cars at Efrat Junction in the West Bank, early on June 7, 2026. (Screenshot: X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 7, 2026, 5:28 am
1 lightly hurt as Palestinian car hits settlers who blocked West Bank road and hurled stones
Ramming suspect and several others arrested at Efrat Junction; no arrests reported among Israeli rioters
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene of a car-ramming terror attack at the Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank, May 31, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 1, 2026, 12:37 am
Two teen girls hurt, one seriously, in car-ramming terror attack at West Bank junction
30-year-old Palestinian attacker shot dead at scene; MDA says victims are 17 and 15; army says soldier who shot terrorist also provided emergency care for wounded at scene
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Yehuda Sherman. (Courtesy Samaria District Council)
May 13, 2026, 5:11 pm
Palestinian man to be indicted for killing settler in fatal March car ramming
Police say Dawas Hassoun deliberately drove truck into ATV, killing Yehuda Sherman, 18, and injuring 2 others, as they drove in West Bank town of Beit Imrin; suspect claimed it was an accident
By Charlie Summers
Law enforcement vehicles are seen parked outside Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on March 13, 2026, a day after a ramming and shooting attack on the Jewish house of worship; inset, suspect Ayman Ghazali. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP; X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
March 31, 2026, 1:09 am
FBI: Terrorist who rammed pickup into Michigan synagogue was inspired by Hezbollah
Ayman Ghazali declared he wanted to ‘kill as many of them as I possibly can’ in video he made before attacking Temple Israel while preschool was in session, Detroit FBI head says
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Israeli security forces near the city of Tulkarem in the West Bank, on September 11, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
March 30, 2026, 7:02 pm
Palestinian shot dead during alleged ramming attempt in the West Bank, IDF says
Suspect identified by security source as junior officer in the PA police; military said hours earlier it had prevented two other attempted attacks on troops
By Stav Levaton, Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Police forensic officers work amongst a variety of personal items seen covering the road, inside a cordon set up on Friar Gate in central Derby, central England on March 29, 2026, after a man was arrested the previous night when a car hit pedestrians, wounding seven people. (Darren Staples / AFP)
March 29, 2026, 3:02 pm
Man arrested for attempted murder after car hits pedestrians in UK, wounding 7
Suspect ‘originally from India,’ Derbyshire police say; government minister tells BBC ‘we don’t believe there is wider cause for the public to be alarmed’
By AFP
Yehuda Sherman. (Courtesy Samaria District Council)
March 27, 2026, 9:30 am
Police, Shin Bet: ‘Suspicion growing’ that settler activist killed in terror ramming
Security agencies say driver who crashed into 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman ‘admitted to the acts attributed to him’ in interrogation, as suspect barred from meeting with attorney
By Jeremy Sharon
A vehicle rams into the gates of Brisbane Synagogue in Queensland, Australia, February 20, 2026. (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 21, 2026, 4:17 pm
Driver charged with hate crime after ramming truck into Brisbane Synagogue
Australian police investigating incident as criminal, not terror; Jewish groups condemn ‘chilling assault on sacred place of worship’
By ToI Staff
People walk near a U-Haul truck that reportedly was driven into a crowd during a rally against the Iranian regime on January 11, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Jonathan Alcorn/AFP)
January 12, 2026, 2:58 pm
Truck carrying anti-shah banner drives through Iran demonstration in Los Angeles
One person hit but no serious injuries, according to Los Angeles police; driver detained after being swarmed by anti-regime demonstrators
By AP
Israeli security forces near the site of a suspected car ramming attack in the West Bank city of Hebron, January 10, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
January 11, 2026, 4:14 am
IDF troops shoot Palestinian who accelerated car toward them; unclear if deliberate attack
Military says no soldiers hurt, attacker ‘neutralized’; PA reports driver killed; initial probe of incident in Hebron doesn’t find clear evidence it was an attempted ramming
By Stav Levaton
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers stand guard during a protest by Palestinians who were evacuated by the IDF from their homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem, in the West Bank, on December 15, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 30, 2025, 11:17 pm
IDF punishes troops who vandalized vehicles during rogue raid in Palestinian village
Military prison sentences handed down at end of year that saw spike in extremist violence in West Bank; separately, assailant who IDF says attempted to ram soldiers is shot dead
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Aviv Maor (top left) and Mordechai Shimshon, who were killed in a terror attack in northern Israel on December 26, 2025. (Courtesy, Israel Police)
December 26, 2025, 5:11 pm
Two killed in terror attack in northern Israel; assailant shot, injured by passerby
Terrorist kills 68-year-old pedestrian Shimshon Mordechai in hit-and-run before fatally stabbing 19-year-old Aviv Maor at bus stop; separate ramming in south West Bank wounds 4 troops
By Charlie Summers
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a commemorative ceremony at St. John's Church (Johanniskirche) one year after a deadly SUV rampage in which six people were killed and more than 300 wounded at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 20, 2025. (Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
December 21, 2025, 4:14 am
German chancellor urges ‘peaceful coexistence,’ a year after deadly market attack
Merz calls for ‘standing shoulder to shoulder wherever violence erupts,’ speaking in Magdeburg, where driver plowed car into Christmas market, killing 6 and injuring over 300
By AFP
Illustrative: Visitors walk at the Christmas market in Dortmund, western Germany, on December 5, 2025. (Ina Fassbender/AFP)
December 14, 2025, 8:05 am
Germany foils suspected Islamist car ramming plot targeting Christmas market
Authorities detain an Egyptian, three Moroccans and a Syrian over alleged plan to carry out attack in Bavaria with intent to kill ‘as many people as possible’
By AFP
Illustrative: Israeli security forces near the site of a car ramming attack, near the West Bank city of Hebron, December 1, 2025. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
December 6, 2025, 10:35 pm
IDF: Palestinian who sped car toward troops in Hebron killed, as is passerby
Paratroopers targeted while operating near a checkpoint in flashpoint West Bank city, less than a week after ramming attack in the area that lightly wounded soldier
By Emanuel Fabian
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