Beit El Settlement

A 24-year-old Indian-origin Israeli soldier from the Bnei Menashe community was killed in a vehicle-ramming attack close to the West Bank's Beit El settlement, community members said on Thursday.

Israeli soldiers shot and killed an elderly Palestinian motorist who the military said tried to run them over in the occupied West Bank today and a knife-wielding assailant wounded an Israeli civilian.

Israel gave final approval on Wednesday for plans to build 300 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, announcing the move as it carried out a court demolition order against two vacant apartment blocks in the same enclave.

A 24-year-old Indian-origin Israeli soldier from the Bnei Menashe community was killed in a vehicle-ramming attack close to the West Bank's Beit El settlement, community members said on Thursday.

Israeli soldiers shot and killed an elderly Palestinian motorist who the military said tried to run them over in the occupied West Bank today and a knife-wielding assailant wounded an Israeli civilian.

Israel gave final approval on Wednesday for plans to build 300 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, announcing the move as it carried out a court demolition order against two vacant apartment blocks in the same enclave.