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from Haaretz LIVE UPDATES:

8:50 P.M. Four Israelis wounded after a Palestinian driver rams car into a crowd in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, near Beit Ummar, in a suspected attack. One of the victims suffered moderate-to-serious wounds, the other three were lightly wounded. The driver suffered severe injuries after he was shot. (Gili Cohen)

9:35 P.M. CLEARED FOR PUBLICATION: The four wounded in Wednesday night's West Bank car ramming attack were Israeli soldiers. (Gili Cohen)

11:21 P.M. Five Israeli soldiers, not four as was previously reported, were wounded in the car ramming attack in Gush Etzion. Two of the soldiers are now in fair condition.(Nir Hasson)

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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) 9:52 pm Oct 21, 2015-- A Palestinian was shot and injured after allegedly committing a suspected car attack that injured at least four Israelis off route 60 near the illegal Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion and Beit Ummar village in the southern occupied West Bank, an Israeli army spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said "reports are initial" but that she could confirm that "a Palestinian ran over four Israelis in an attack" and that Israeli forces responded by "firing at the assailant."

The spokesperson said all five of the injured have been evacuated to the hospital.

Israeli news website Haaretz has reported that the four injured Israelis are Israeli soldiers, however the Israeli army spokesperson said she could not confirm that detail.

On Tuesday, a Palestinian man was shot and killed after allegedly ramming his car into a group of Israelis near the same area, injuring two Israelis, Israeli police said at the time.

Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said there had been a "terrorist attack" near the Gush Etzion junction and the area was closed off after Israeli security and police arrived on the scene.