An elderly driver was shot dead and a soldier was seriously injured in a terror attack on a northern highway, authorities said Monday morning.

The terrorist was killed by Border Police officers who happened to be passing by as the attack took place near the lower Galilee city of Yokne’am, police said in a statement.

The victim was identified as Moshe Horan, 85, from Kibbutz HaZore’a. According to Hebrew media reports, his son, 51, was sitting next to him in the car when the terrorist fired a volley of shots at them, killing Horan.

Defense authorities later named the attacker as Karem Jabarin, 25, from the Arab-majority town of Ma’ale Iron.

According to police, Jabarin initially rammed his vehicle into a bus stop at the Tishbi Junction on Route 66 where the soldier, 20, had been waiting.

Jabarin then exited his car and stabbed the soldier.

Grabbing the soldier’s rifle, Jabarin ran down the highway and opened fire at passing cars, shooting and killing Horan.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service said medics declared Horan dead at the scene.

The soldier, who serves as a heavy-load truck driver in the Armored Corps, was hospitalized in serious condition at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. The emergency service said his condition had not been stabilized.

Footage circulated on social media showed the attacker running with the rifle along the........

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