Two 20-year-old Israeli soldiers were killed in a car attack in the northern West Bank.
The army confirmed this to newsmen on Thursday.
They had been rammed by a suspected Palestinian driver near the city of Nablus the previous evening, the army said.
The senior military officers were visiting the scene of the incident to clarify the circumstances, and the Israeli army was continuing to search for the suspect.
According to unconfirmed reports, he is said to have handed himself in to the Palestinian police.
dpa/NAN
