0404 Hebrew website said that the soldier was moderately wounded in the attack that occurred near the Shavei Shomron settlement to the northwest of Nablus city and was transferred to hospital unconscious. He was later pronounced dead in the hospital.

The site said that the soldier was hit in his torso from a speeding car, adding that the army cordoned off the scene and started searching for the attackers.

A previously unknown resistance group calling itself the Lions Den declared responsibility for the attack and said that it was in response to the Israeli escalating storming of the Aqsa Mosque and violations in Occupied Jerusalem. (ILKHA)