WATCH: Palestinian terrorist killed after ramming police vehicle in W. Bank settlement

There were no Israeli casualties in the incident.

A Palestinian driver rams his car into a police vehicle near the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ofra. October 19, 2024. (credit: via Maariv/section 27A)

A Palestinian terrorist was killed after he rammed into an Israeli police car at the entrance of the West Bank Israeli settlement of Ofra, near Ramallah on Saturday morning, the IDF reported.

A police investigation into the incident has been opened.

IDF statement on the attack

"A short while ago, a Palestinian terrorist attempted to carry out a terror attack by accelerating toward a police vehicle at the entrance of Ofra community," the military said in an official statement.

No casualties among Israeli forces or civilians occurred during the incident, the IDF noted.

Israeli soldiers guard in a bus station at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Ofra, where a Palestinian man tried to ram Israeli security forces who stopped him for inspection, October 4, 2022. (credit: FLASH90)
Israeli soldiers guard in a bus station at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Ofra, where a Palestinian man tried to ram Israeli security forces who stopped him for inspection, October 4, 2022. (credit: FLASH90)

"The IDF along with Israeli security forces are continuing operational activities in the area," the army stated, adding that it was also reviewing the incident.

The name of the terrorist was later revealed to be Yosef Ahmed Adnan Taha, 27, a resident of Nablus.