Palestinian car attack injures two in West Bank, driver killed

An Israeli soldier and a civilian were injured Tuesday after a Palestinian attempted to ram his car into a group of pedestrians in the West Bank, then exited with a knife and was shot dead, officials said.

The Israeli military said in a statement that the driver had attempted to ram the group at a bus stop and that a soldier and a civilian were "evacuated for medical treatment".

The alleged attacker was killed by security forces, it said. No further details were immediately available.

Police had initially said two soldiers were lightly wounded in the attack.

It came amid nearly three weeks of unrest that has raised fears of a full-scale Palestinian uprising and as UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.

The incident occurred at an intersection on a highway south of Jerusalem near the Jewish settlement of Gush Etzion in the occupied West Bank.

(AFP)