Palestinian man killed after allegedly ramming his truck into Israeli soldiers near Ramallah

RAMALLAH (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian driver of a natural gas truck after he rammed his vehicle into a group of soldiers near Ramallah on Wednesday morning killing one of them.

An IOF spokesperson said that a vehicular attack was reported at the Beit El checkpoint and that the driver was shot.

Local sources identified the trucker as Hayel Issa Daifullah from the village of Rafat, Ramallah governorate.

Israeli TV Channel 14 reported that an Israeli soldier was critically wounded in the incident and later said he died of his wounds.