Israelis: Suicide bomber attacks West Bank checkpoint
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A suicide bomber attacked a military checkpoint Saturday near the Jewish settlement of Bekaot in the northern West Bank, Israeli military officials said.
A paramedic at the scene said five people were hurt -- four Palestinians and an Israeli soldier, who received minor injuries. One of the Palestinians was seriously wounded, the paramedic said.
The bomber died in the attack.
Bekaot is located in the Jordan Valley, about nine miles (15 km) east of the Palestinian city of Nablus.
Israeli military officials said the bomber aroused soldiers' suspicions when he began moving rapidly toward the checkpoint. Soldiers called on the man to stop, and then fired warning shots in the air.
The man detonated explosives he was carrying moments later, about 100 feet (30 meters) from the checkpoint, the officials said.
