Four soldiers were reported injured in a suspected car-ramming Saturday evening near the West Bank town of Hizma northeast of Jerusalem.

Two of the victims were in moderate condition and two were lightly injured, according to the Magen David Adom emergency service.

The driver fled the scene and a manhunt was launched in the area, Channel 12 news reported.

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The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement it was investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

One of those moderately injured was a career soldier in his 30s while the other was a female soldier in her 20s. Both were serving in the Home Front Command, according to the Ynet news website.

The MDA rescue service said the wounded were taken to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center for treatment.

Police said earlier on Saturday that a vehicle tried to hit a police officer at a West Bank checkpoint. No injuries were reported and the driver fled the scene. </s> A suspected Palestinian car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank has wounded five Israeli soldiers and the alleged assailant has been arrested, the Israeli army said Sunday.

The troops were stationed on a roadside near the Palestinian town of Hizma as part of "operational activity" on Saturday night when the driver of a car rammed his vehicle into them, the army said.

Three soldiers were moderately injured and two hurt lightly in the incident near the town, which is located close to a checkpoint dividing the West Bank from Jerusalem, it said in a statement.

Soldiers later arrested the driver and his father at a checkpoint, it added.

It said an initial inquiry "suggests that the incident was a car-ramming attack" and not an accident.

Israeli army raids in the West Bank regularly set off tensions with Palestinian residents.

Palestinians have carried out sporadic car-ramming, knife and gun attacks against Israeli soldiers in the territory occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War. </s> Five people were wounded in a suspected ramming attack on Saturday night near the West Bank town of Hizma, near Jerusalem.



The incident is still under investigation. Two of the injured are in moderate condition. The other three are lightly wounded."IDF soldiers arrived at the scene during an operation," said an IDF spokesperson. "As a result of being hit by a vehicle, five IDF soldiers were injured. The injured were transferred for treatment in a hospital."



The IDF spokesperson added that "IDF forces are searching the area for the vehicle that hit the soldiers. The circumstances of the incident are still being investigated."





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`; document.getElementById("linkPremium").innerHTML = cont; (function (v, i){ }); </s> Occupied Jerusalem - A suspected Palestinian car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank has wounded five Israeli occupation soldiers and the alleged driver has been arrested, the Israeli regime said Sunday.

The occupation troops were stationed on a roadside near the Palestinian town of Hizma as part of “operational activity” on Saturday night when the driver of a car rammed his vehicle into them, the regime said.

Three occupation soldiers were moderately injured and two hurt lightly in the incident near the town, which is located close to a checkpoint dividing the West Bank from occupied Jerusalem.

The regime later arrested the driver and his father at a checkpoint.

Israeli occupation army raids in the West Bank regularly set off tensions with Palestinian residents.
Five soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Hizma, Palestine. The suspect is still at large.