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Attacker Killed After Car-Ramming Injures Neria Leiter

By Drooid · Sep 27, 2026, 7:58 AM UTC · How we work

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Suleiman rams checkpoint

A car-ramming attack struck the Bell checkpoint on Route 443 near Modiin in the Binyamin region.
Police identified the 24-year-old attacker as Mahmoud Suleiman from Beit Ur al-Tahta.
United Hatzalah medics Itzik Kara and Netanel Cohen gave emergency care at the scene.
The Binyamin Regional Council said the victim, Neria Leiter, was in serious condition.
Israeli security forces, IDF, Shin Bet and district police reinforced West Bank checkpoints and roads on Yom Kippur.

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Leiter family tragedy

Israel’s U.S. Ambassador Yechiel Leiter’s son Neriya was wounded in a West Bank vehicle-ramming attack and underwent emergency brain surgery.
Police identified 29-year-old Mahmoud Muhammad Mahmoud Suleiman of Beit Ur al-Thaqa as the assailant and shot him dead.
Leiter’s daughter Sarah went into premature labor while visiting her brother and is now in intensive care.
Leiter accused French President Emmanuel Macron of misrepresenting Palestinian violence against Israelis.

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Hamas praises attack

A vehicle ramming occurred near the Israeli settlement of Beit Horon, close to a military checkpoint.
Hamas called the attack a “heroic operation” and urged intensified resistance in the West Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the injured Neria in hospital before leaving for his UN General Assembly speech.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reports over 1,100 Palestinians have died in the West Bank since the Gaza war began.

History

Historical Context

The Second Intifada erupted after Ariel Sharon’s September 28 2000 visit to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, sparking riots that killed about 47 Palestinians in the first five days. The uprising’s wave of attacks on civilians finds a modern echo in Mahmoud Suleiman’s West Bank car-ramming, which injured Neria Leiter and led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the hospital.

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Suleiman rams checkpoint

A car-ramming attack struck the Bell checkpoint on Route 443 near Modiin in the Binyamin region.
Police identified the 24-year-old attacker as Mahmoud Suleiman from Beit Ur al-Tahta.
United Hatzalah medics Itzik Kara and Netanel Cohen gave emergency care at the scene.
The Binyamin Regional Council said the victim, Neria Leiter, was in serious condition.
Israeli security forces, IDF, Shin Bet and district police reinforced West Bank checkpoints and roads on Yom Kippur.

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