Three IDF soldiers were lightly wounded in a vehicular attack Tuesday afternoon after a terrorist attempted to plow his car into a group of four stationed at the entrance of Beit Einun, a Palestinian village in Hebron north of Kiryat Arba.

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Two of the victims were evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center while another was treated at the scene by paramedics for slight injuries.

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Security forces at the scene from the Home Front Command immediately shot the terrorist dead after he managed to inlfict minor wounds on a female and a male soldier who managed to jump out of harm's way. After the attack, soldiers began searching the assailant's vehicle for weapons.

By late afternoon, IDF forces had raided the Hebron home of the terrorist who committed the attack and security services began questioning the terrorist's family.

The attack took place after protests were staged by Muslim worshippers Monday evening and which continued into the night against increased Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount in the wake of Friday's deadly terror attack that claimed the lives of two policemen.

During the protests Molotov Cocktails and rocks were hurled at Israeli security forces in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan

According to police, dozens of masked youths made their way to the gas station at the entrance of the neighborhood and threw rocks and Molotov Cocktails at the personnel and onto the road, causing a fire which was eventually extinguished by firefighters.

Israel's security forces are also gearing up for an escalation of violence after the Fatah movement announced on Tuesday that a day of rage in east Jerusalem and the West Bank would take place on Wednesday.