An Israeli soldier was injured in a hit-and-run attack carried out by a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint in Beit Jala town west of Bethlehem eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter on Monday.
The eyewitnesses said that the attacker managed to flee after the anti-occupation attack which was not reported in the Israeli media. The incident took place at the so-called DCO military barrier.
A group of Israeli troops moved the wounded soldier into the Israeli military camp then combed the area looking for the Palestinian attacker.