The Israeli authorities on Sunday accused a Palestinian resident of Ramallah city of attempting a car-ramming attack in October near Tel Aviv in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli police said in a statement that investigations have been concluded into the case of Mohammed Safran 40 who tried to ram Israeli soldiers on 19th October in Rishon LeZion area to the south of Tel Aviv.
They claimed that Safran who did not have a driver’s license stole a truck from Holon city to carry out the planned attack.
The Israeli statement noted that Safran tried to escape and was chased by the police before his arrest adding that he admitted during interrogation to his plan to carry out a vehicular attack for “nationalistic motives”.
