Itongadol.- A Palestinian motorist attempted to carry out a vehicular terror attack against Israeli security forces at the Kalandia crossing in the West Bank on Friday afternoon.
The IDF said that the terrorist was shot at the scene. There were no reported injuries on the Israeli side.
According to police, the driver, who is believed to be in his early thirties, arrived to the crossing in a private vehicle with a Palestinian license plate and accelerated toward IDF soldiers and Border Police officers in the area.
The security forces shot the motorist, who proceeded to ram his car into a concrete barrier. He then stepped out of his vehicle and began charging toward armed security personnel, one of whom pulled out a gun and shot him.
Magen David Adom rescue services were summoned to the scene and administered first aid treatment to the Palestinian would-be assailant. The terrorist\’s condition was not initially known.