Car rams Israeli troops, attackers shot dead in West Bank attack

Two men have been shot dead after a car was rammed into Israeli troops, critically injuring an officer.

Israeli forces gather at the scene of the incident near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Source: Reuters

Israeli forces have shot and killed two Palestinians who carried out a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank on Monday, injuring a soldier and a policeman, police and the army said.

A senior Palestinian official claimed the initial incident was likely an accident however, with the car colliding into an Israeli military vehicle as it rounded a bend.

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