2019 Gush Etzion ramming attack
# 2019 Gush Etzion ramming attack

In the afternoon of 16 August 2019, a Palestinian driver hit two Israelis, outside the Gush Etzion settlement of Elazar. An off duty policeman saw the attack and shot the assailant who later died in the hospital.

## Attack

The perpetrator was speeding on Route 60 which connects the West Bank and Gush Etzion. He swerved off the road near a bus station outside the settlement of Elazar and rammed his car into two people, crashing over the guard railing.

A Hebron police officer who was on his way home after completing a shift noticed the attack and shot the driver as he was getting out of the vehicle. He also recorded the terror attack on his dashcam.

## Victims

The victims, identified as Nahum and Noam Nevis, were both from Elazar.

## Perpetrator

The Palestinian driver, Ala' Khader al-Hreimi, 26, from Bethlehem, had spent time in prison between 2014 and 2015 for unspecified violent activities. He later died of gunshot wounds in hospital.

