Eight people were injured Thursday morning in a ramming attack at a bus stop near the entrance of Kfar Yona in central Israel.
Two of the victims are in moderate condition and the rest suffered light injuries. All of the victims are fully conscious; they were evacuated to Laniado, Hillel Yaffe,and Meir hospitals with injuries to their limbs.
Magen David Adom (MDA) teams are treating the victims, all of whom were standing at a bus stop.
The circumstances of the ramming are under investigation. Police have declared the ramming to be a terror attack.
The driver who carried out the ramming attack abandoned a white Toyota and fled the scene on foot, prompting a police manhunt. A police helicopter was also deployed to assist in the search. Shortly afterward, the suspected vehicle was located by the helicopter near the Beit Lid military base, abandoned, after the driver apparently fled on foot. Crossings in the area, including the road leading to Tulkarm, have been closed.
MDA stated: "MDA medics and paramedics are providing medical treatment and evacuating a young man and woman, both around 20 years old, in moderate condition and fully conscious, with limb injuries, to Laniado Hospital. Several others with light injuries are being treated at the scene."
MDA EMT Idan Haras said: “We were called to a bus stop near Kfar Yona after receiving a report that a vehicle had struck several people. There was chaos and destruction at the scene, with multiple people injured. We immediately began providing medical treatment, including bandaging and stopping bleeding for two young people around 20 years old whose condition was moderate, as well as treating several others with light injuries. We quickly evacuated them to the hospital.”
In the early afternoon, the IDF confirmed: "IDF: Earlier today (Thursday), two IDF soldiers were moderately injured and six additional soldiers were lightly injured in a ramming attack at the Beit Lid Junction."
"The soldiers were evacuated to a hospital to receive medical treatment and their families have been notified."
