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Israeli soldiers inspect a Palestinian car at a checkpoint close to the West Bank village of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, on Oct. 2, 2015 (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh, File)

Huwwara checkpoint, July, 2005 Credit: Wikipedia

The scene of a car-ramming attack in the West Bank, December 31, 2015. Credit: United Hatzalah Yehuda and Shomron
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NABLUS (Ma’an) -- A Palestinian was shot dead after a suspected vehicular attack near the Huwwara military checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, Israel’s army said.
A spokesperson for the Israeli army told Ma’an that an assailant ran his car into Israeli forces who were stationed on highway 60 near the Huwwara checkpoint for security purposes.

The forces opened fire on the man, killing him on scene, the spokesperson said.

The Palestinian was identified as Hassan Ali Hassan Bozor, 22 from the town of Arraba east of Jenin

One soldier was moderately wounded in the suspected attack and was taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israeli media reported.

Highway 60 is a major thoroughfare for Palestinians as well as Israelis living in illegal settlements, and the Huwwara area that lies on the route has been site to frequent confrontation between local Palestinians and Israeli military and settlers in recent months.
Two Palestinians were shot dead on Dec. 27 after stabbing an Israeli soldier in the village of Huwwara, located adjacent to the checkpoint.

The day before, a 56-year-old Palestinian was killed after running his car into a group of Israeli forces at the military checkpoint, injuring one.

In the weeks preceding, one 15-year-old and two 16-year-old Palestinians were shot dead at the checkpoint -- one by an Israeli settler -- after allegedly attempting to carrying out attacks.
No Israelis were injured in any of the incidents.

Amid violence that escalated in the occupied Palestinian territory in October and continued through December, Senior UN official Miroslav Jenca said earlier this month that attempts to reduce violence must not rely entirely on “enhanced security measures,” but “must also address the primary elements motivating Palestinian anger.”

“The injustices associated with an occupation which shows no prospect of ending feed into a perspective -- particularly among the youth -- that they have nothing to lose by sacrificing their lives,” the UN official said during an address to the UN Security Council.
While the majority of recent attacks have been carried out without the organization of political factions, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has not publicly condemned the recent attacks or upsurge in demonstrations.

Israeli authorities meanwhile have launched a crackdown in response to the escalation, promoting a “shoot-to-kill” policy against Palestinians as well as a series of harsh measures throughout the occupied territory that rights groups have termed collective punishment.
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Israeli Soldier Wounded in West Bank Car-ramming Attack

Incident takes place near Hawara, south of Nablus; driver shot dead.

Gili Cohen and Jack Khoury for Haaretz

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was lightly wounded in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank.

The driver of the vehicle, identified as Hassan Ali Bazur, a 22-year-old Palestinian from a village ear of Jenin, was shot and killed by soldiers at the scene.

The incident took place south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, between Hawara and Tapuach Junction.

The soldier suffered light wounds in his limbs and was taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva for further treatment, emergency services said.

On Sunday, a soldier was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack on Yirmiyahu Street at the entrance to Jerusalem while his alleged attacker was arrested by the police.

Just one day before, a 20-year-old Israeli soldier was lightly wounded in a car-ramming attack in Hawara and the 56-year-old assailant was shot dead.

Genady Koman, a resident of the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, who was stabbing in an attack near Hebron in early December, died of his wounds in a Jerusalem hospital on Wednesday.