JENIN, March 16, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces raided the home of a Palestinian young man suspected of ramming his car and killing two Israeli soldiers and injuring two others at an Israeli military checkpoint near Jenin, in northern West Bank, on Friday evening, according to local sources.

Israeli army and police raided the home of the family of Alaa Rateb Qabaha in the village of Barta’a, to the west of Jenin, searched it and interrogated members of his family.

It is still unclear whether the incident was a car ramming attack based on nationalistic motives or a mere traffic accident. Qabaha himself was shot and injured by the soldiers just after the deadly incident. He was moved by the soldiers to a hospital in Israel for medical treatment.

The Israeli military shut down the checkpoint to the Palestinian traffic just after the incident.

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