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Two Teenage Girls Injured in West Bank Car-Ramming Attack
Israeli forces launched a wide search after the attack as medics treated three wounded victims and closed Highway 60 in both directions.
On Sunday, a vehicle-ramming attack at Gush Etzion Junction injured three people, including a 17-year-old girl with serious limb injuries and a 15-year-old girl with facial injuries; all were evacuated to Shaare Tzedek Hospital.
The 30-year-old attacker from Hebron was neutralized by a soldier from the 90th Battalion of the Kfir Brigade; preliminary findings showed he made a U-turn at the junction before striking pedestrians.
Yaron Rosenthal, head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, arrived at the scene and described it as a "difficult attack," confirming the terrorist attempted to run over a group of boys and girls.
Following the attack, security forces closed Highway 60 in both directions and launched large-scale operations in Hebron to determine whether additional suspects were involved in the ramming.
Israel Police and military forces continue searches in the area to rule out further threats, as Gush Etzion has confronted security challenges for the last 100 years.
Three Israelis were injured Sunday evening in a car-ramming attack at the Gush Etzion junction in the southern West Bank, according to Israeli emergency services.