Tension has risen in recent weeks with Israel saying it hopes to move ahead with a plan to extend sovereignty to Jewish settlements and the Jordan Valley in the West Bank No Israelis were hurt in the car-ramming attack near a Jewish settlement, the military said in a statement JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian attacker who tried to run them over with a car in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the military said. No Israelis were hurt in the car-ramming attack near a Jewish settlement, the military said in a statement. “In response, the troops fired and neutralized the assailant,” it said. Palestinian officials had no immediate comment. Tension has risen in recent weeks with Israel saying it hopes to move ahead with a plan to extend sovereignty to Jewish settlements and the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, territory Palestinians want for their own independent state. Palestinians have vehemently opposed such a move.
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