Man Seriously Injured in Route 443 Ramming, IDF Says Attacker Killed

A man was seriously injured in a vehicle ramming near the Maccabim checkpoint on Route 443 on Wednesday afternoon. The Israel Defense Forces said the driver accelerated toward a police vehicle near the Bell checkpoint in its Binyamin Brigade sector. IDF troops killed the attacker, the military said. Emergency medics evacuated the injured man to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, according to a report citing their account. The military said its forces blocked the surrounding area after the attack.