Car-ramming operation at IOF checkpoint near Beit Lahm, 4 injured

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Israeli Media
12 Nov 2024 00:17

Israeli media reported a car-ramming operation targeting an Israeli occupation military checkpoint near Beit Lahm in the West Bank, resulting in injuries to four soldiers.

An image circulating online from the operation scene in Beit Lahm, occupied West Bank, Palestine. (Social media)

Israeli media reported on Monday evening a car-ramming attack targeting Israeli soldiers near the town of al-Khader, west of Beit Lahm in the occupied West Bank.

According to Israeli reports, a vehicle breached an Israeli occupation military checkpoint near Beit Lahm, injuring four soldiers in what is suspected to be a deliberate ramming attack. Yedioth Ahronoth noted that Israeli occupation forces have deployed additional military reinforcements to the site of the incident.

A ramming operation against an Israeli occupation forces checkpoint near Beit Lahm, occupied #WestBank injured four Israeli soldiers. pic.twitter.com/nGecyo0OLL
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In turn, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported that the driver escaped immediately after the operation.

An Israeli military spokesperson stated, "During a preemptive operation by Israeli army forces in the al-Khader area of the Gush Etzion brigade, a Palestinian vehicle breached the checkpoint and carried out a ramming attack."

Palestinian Resistance vow West Bank, al-Quds to remain Palestinian

Hamas condemned far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's announcement to proceed with plans for "imposing Israeli sovereignty" over the West Bank, expanding settlements, and blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state.

In a statement, Hamas described Smotrich's declaration as a "definitive confirmation of the occupation's colonial intentions and its denial of our people's national rights," adding that it "refutes the illusions of those seeking peace and coexistence with this Nazi entity built on terrorism, rights theft, and land seizure."

Hamas reiterated its commitment, along with other Resistance factions, to "confront the occupation's schemes." The statement emphasized that Smotrich's plans "will not alter historical facts: the West Bank is pure Palestinian land, an essential part of our independent Palestinian state with al-Quds as its capital."

The Resistance movement also called on the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the United Nations to "take effective action to restrain this colonial Zionist gang, which persists in challenging international legitimacy," warning that such policies "will only escalate tensions regionally and internationally."