The incident happened at a checkpoint on the boundary with the West Bank.
NILIN: A Palestinian truck driver killed an Israeli soldier in a ramming attack on a checkpoint on the boundary with the occupied West Bank today, and was shot dead during an ensuing pursuit, Israeli police and medical officials said.
The military said only that three of its troops were injured in the incident on the Israeli side of Maccabim checkpoint, on a major road.Police initially said the driver, a 41-year-old who had a permit to work in Israel, was shot and wounded outside a nearby Palestinian village, Nilin.
The West Bank, among areas where Palestinians seek statehood, has seen a surge of violence in recent months.
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