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- Videos posted on social media showed Israeli security forces subduing the suspect, and the vehicle was confiscated by Palestinian security forces.
JERUSALEM: A car ramming attack killed two Israelis near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Israeli army said.
The army had earlier reported a car ramming attack near an Israeli settlement outside Nablus. It then told AFP 鈥渢wo Israeli citizens were killed.鈥�
According to Israeli media, the army launched a manhunt for the suspected attacker, as violence in the West Bank flares during Israel鈥檚 war against Hamas militants in Gaza.
The deadliest Gaza war was sparked by Hamas鈥檚 unprecedented October 7 attack on southern Israel which resulted in the deaths of 1,189 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures.
Militants also took 252 hostages, 121 of whom remain in Gaza, including 37 the Israeli army says are dead.
Israel鈥檚 retaliatory offensive has killed at least 36,171 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory鈥檚 health ministry.
Hamas welcomed the attack near Nablus, saying in a statement it was a 鈥渘atural response鈥� against the 鈥渃rimes of the enemy.鈥�