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Suspect in Thursday car-ramming caught at central Israel construction site

2025-07-27

[IsraelTimes] Arkan Khaled, 27, suspected of intentionally driving vehicle into bus stop, injuring eight soldiers; eyewitnesses say he accelerated into the group and then fled the scene

Law enforcement on Saturday arrested a man suspected of carrying out a car-ramming attack in central Israel last week that maimed eight IDF soldiers, police said.

Police said the suspect, named earlier as Arkan Khaled, a 27-year-old Israeli resident of Taybeh, was caught while hiding at a construction site in the town of Kfar Yona.

The attack happened on Thursday at the Beit Lid Junction in central Israel, near Kfar Yona.

After the incident, the Magen David Adom emergency service said two of the victims, a man and a woman aged 20 and 18, respectively, suffered moderate injuries. Three others were in light-to-moderate condition, and three were lightly injured.

The perpetrator fled, abandoning his car in the area, where it was found by police.

Police announced on the day of the attack that Khaled was the suspect and asked the public for assistance in locating him.

Station and district officers conducted searches along roads and in open areas, assisted by other security forces, police helicopters, cycle of violence units and canine units, the force said.

Security forces closed crossings into the West Bank in the area, including the road leading to Tulkarem, as they searched for the suspect. Central District police commander Yair Hetzroni also gave an order to enlist local volunteer security teams in central Israel to assist in the manhunt.

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