Two terrorists in a vehicle arrived from the direction of the Tapuah Junction to the entrance of Ariel on Sunday evening and accelerated in the opposite direction of traffic.
Their vehicle collided with other vehicles and attempted to ram IDF soldiers operating in the area. The soldiers eliminated the terrorists and located a military vest and ammunition in the vehicle.
As a result of the ramming attack, an IDF soldier was lightly injured and was evacuated to the hospital to receive medical treatment and his family has been notified.
IDF soldiers are deployed in the area and are conducting searches.
Adiel Agassi, head of United Hatzalah's Ariel branch, along with United Hatzalah EMTs Tidhar Hozeh and Noam Wagner, reported from the scene: "We provided initial medical treatment at the scene to a man of about 40 who sustained light injuries from shrapnel when security forces fired at the two assailants in the vehicle. Additionally, we treated a man and a woman for mild shock resulting from the incident and the sound of gunfire."
Exactly a week ago, a terrorist brutally murdered Kedumim resident Gideon Peri, in an attack in the Baron Industrial Area. Peri was taken in critical condition to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva where he was pronounced dead.