2019 Gush Etzion ramming attack

2019 Gush Etzion ramming attack
Location	Gush Etzion
Date	16 August 2019
Target	Israelis
Attack type	Ramming
Deaths	1 (the perpetrator)
Injured	2

In the afternoon of 16 August 2019, a Palestinian driver hit two Israelis, outside the Gush Etzion settlement of Elazar. An off duty policeman saw the attack and shot the assailant who later died in the hospital.

Attack

The perpetrator was speeding on Route 60 which connects the West Bank and Gush Etzion.^[1] He swerved off the road near a bus station outside the settlement of Elazar and rammed his car into two people, crashing over the guard railing.^[2]

A Hebron police officer who was on his way home after completing a shift noticed the attack and shot the driver as he was getting out of the vehicle.^[3] He also recorded the terror attack on his dashcam.

Victims

The victims, identified as Nahum and Noam Nevis, were both from Elazar.^[4]

Perpetrator

The Palestinian driver, Ala' Khader al-Hreimi, 26, from Bethlehem, had spent time in prison between 2014 and 2015 for unspecified violent activities. He later died of gunshot wounds in hospital.^[5]

References

^ Lazaroff, Tovah; Toameh, Khaled Abu; Dennen, Sydney. "Siblings rammed in Gush Etzion terror attack". The Jerusalem Post.
^ "Video documents ramming attack". Israel National News.
^ Julian, Hana Levi (August 16, 2019). "One Victim Fighting for His Life, Second Victim in Fair Condition After Gush Etzion Terror Ramming Attack". Jewish Press.
^ "Two Israelis injured in West Bank ramming attack". The Jerusalem Post.
^ "Two Israelis injured in West Bank car-ramming attack". www.i24news.tv.