BREAKING: Reported ramming attack wounds son of Israel's ambassador to US
>> Martha: FOLLOWING REPORTS. OF A RAMMING ATTACK AT A. WEST BANK CHECKPOINT EARLIER. TODAY SEVERELY WOUNDING THE SON. OF ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE. UNITED STATES. LEITER NOW PLANNING TO BE AT HIS. SON'S BEDSIDE INSTEAD OF AT THE. UNITED NATIONS WITH. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HERE IN. NEW YORK TO MORROW FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT JEFF PAUL REPORTS. FROM LONDON.
HI, JEFF. >> Reporter: THE INCIDENT. HAPPENING IN THE WEST BANK WITH. AUTHORITIES DESCRIBING IT AS A. RAMMING ATTACK WITH THE SON OF. ISRAELI AMBASSADOR MICHAEL. LEITER INJURED, A RESERVE. SOLDIER MANNING A CHECKPOINT. WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAY A DRIVER. ACCELERATED TOWARDS THE POLICE. CAR AND THEY SAY THE DRIVER THEN. RAN OVER LEITER WHO WAS WORKING. ALONGSIDE A POLICE OFFICER, THE. IDF SAYS TROOPS AT THE SCENE. FIRED AT THE DRIVER KILLING HIM, AMBASSADOR LEITER WAS SENT TO. JOIN ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AT THE U.N.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOMORROW. HOWEVER HE'S NOW RETURNING TO. ISRAEL TO BE WITH HIS SON AS HE. RECOVERS IN THE HOSPITAL ALSO. WORTH POINTING OUT THAT LEITER'S. SON WAS KILLED IN GAZA BACK IN. NOVEMBER OF 2023. AMBASSADOR LEITER WRITING ON X. THAT HE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE IDF. AND THE MEDICAL TEAM AT THE. HOSPITAL WHO ARE NOW FIGHTING TO. SAVE HIS SON'S LIFE. HE SAYS HE BELIEVES IN THE POWER. OF PRAYER SAYING HIS SON NEEDS A. MIRACLE. ISRAEL'S ARMY TONIGHT CALLING IT. A TERRORIST ATTACK. U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL MIKE.
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