Son of Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Critically Hurt in West Bank Attack, Officials Say

Neria Leiter, a reserve soldier, sustained life-threatening injuries after a Palestinian man drove into a military checkpoint in the West Bank, the Israeli military said. The son of Israel’s ambassador to the United States was critically injured after a Palestinian man rammed his car into a military checkpoint in the West Bank, the Israeli authorities have said. Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged in recent weeks, fueling growing worries that the territory could erupt. The injured man, Neria Leiter, 39, a reserve soldier and the son of Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, was hurt after a Palestinian man drove his vehicle into a security checkpoint northwest of Jerusalem on Wednesday, the Israeli military said in a statement. The military added that the assailant had been shot dead. The Palestinian authorities said that Mahmoud Suleiman, 29, a Palestinian man, had been killed by Israel in that area but did not say whether he had attacked the checkpoint. Mr. Leiter said in a video statement on Thursday from Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, the hospital where his son was being treated, that his son’s life was “hanging in the balance.” We are having trouble retrieving the article content. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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