Israeli police shot and killed a Palestinian young man, on Saturday, after he carried out a car-ramming attack at the entrance to the illegal “Ofra” colony, north of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank.
Media sources said that the young man, Yousef Ahmed Adnan Taha, 27, a resident of Nablus, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers after he carried out a car-ramming attack at the entrance of the illegal “Ofra” colony.
Sources added video showed the young man driving his vehicle at a high rate of speed, targeting a police vehicle and crashing into its side; no injuries among were Israeli soldiers or police.
The Israeli “Ynet” website reported that the young man attempted to carry out a run-over operation, adding that “a Palestinian car collided with an Israeli police car near the Ofra settlement near Ramallah, and the Palestinian driver was killed, and there were no injuries among the Israeli forces.”
In related news, two Jordanian citizens identified as Hussam Abu Ghazaleh and Amer Qawas, were shot and killed on Friday after infiltrating the Israeli border with Jordan and shooting two occupation soldiers, south of the Dead Sea.
