Ramming Attack in Gush Etzion
Two teenagers were seriously injured Friday afternoon in a ramming attack near the entrance to the Gush Etzion town of Elazar, Magen David Adom (MDA) reported.
The victims have been identified as a 19-year-old sister and her 17-year-old brother from Gush Etzion.
The boy was seriously injured, while his sister was moderately injured.
Both victims were treated by MDA and have been transferred to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
The terrorist has been neutralized.
MDA paramedic Lior Levi said: “When we arrived at the scene we saw a 17-year-old boy and a 19-year-old youth in the ditch behind the bus stop. The boy was unresponsive and suffered a head injury as well as injuries to multiple bodily systems, and the girl was partially conscious.”
“We administered lifesaving medical treatment, including sedating the boy and placing him on a respirator, and transferred them urgently to hospitals, with the boy in serious condition and the girl in moderate to serious condition.”
An IDF statement read: “Following the report regarding a car-ramming attack adjacent to the community of Elazar, southwest of Bethlehem, an initial inquiry into the incident indicates that a terrorist ran over two civilians. The civilians were injured and evacuated to a hospital for medical treatment. The terrorist was neutralized. IDF troops are at the scene.”
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