Woman lightly hurt in suspected West Bank car-ramming attack

A woman was lightly injured in a suspected car-ramming attack at a West Bank checkpoint near Jerusalem on Saturday, police and medics said.

The suspected assailant accelerated his vehicle into the Bidu Checkpoint, near the Palestinian town of the same name, and hit another vehicle, according to police.

In the vehicle that was hit, a 49-year-old woman was lightly injured, Magen David Adom said.

The suspect then got out of his vehicle and attempted to flee toward Bidu. Border Police officers stationed at the checkpoint chased after him and fired shots in the air, before detaining him, police said.

Police published a video showing the officers detaining the suspect.

The suspect was not immediately identified.

Border Police officers detain a suspect who allegedly carried out a car-ramming attack at the West Bank’s Bidu Checkpoint, October 4, 2025. (Israel Police)

The incident followed two other terror rammings in the West Bank this week, including an attack in which an Israeli soldier was killed after being struck by a truck and then hit by friendly fire directed at the assailant. Two teenagers were wounded in the other ramming, one of them severely.

Violence has risen in the West Bank since the Gaza war started on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages.

Since then, 62 people, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank.

Another eight members of the security forces were killed in clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank, amid a major counterterrorism offensive that has been accompanied by sharp restrictions on Palestinian movement.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.