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Israel’s ambassador to the US says son injured in West Bank car-ramming

Israel’s ambassador to the US says son injured in West Bank car-ramming

Summary

Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, said his son, a soldier, was seriously injured in a car-ramming attack near Ramallah in the West Bank. Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man involved in the incident.

Key Facts

  • The attack happened at a checkpoint west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
  • A Palestinian man drove his vehicle toward Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint.
  • The Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers after the incident.
  • The ambassador’s son, Neria Dov ben Chana, was wounded and is in serious condition in the hospital.
  • Israeli emergency teams evacuated the injured soldier for treatment.
  • The Palestinian Health Ministry named the man as 29-year-old Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman.
  • Israel is holding the body of the Palestinian man.
  • Another son of Ambassador Leiter was killed in Gaza in November 2023 during the conflict there.
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