Members of an ultra-Orthodox cult, led by convicted sex offender Rabbi Eliezer Berland, illegally entered the West Bank city of Nablus overnight between Thursday and Friday and rammed their car into a Palestinian, security officials said and footage showed.

The Hasidim had been attempting to reach Joseph’s Tomb in the Palestinian city, security officials said.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, after ramming the Palestinian — who was reportedly moderately injured — the Israeli citizens abandoned their car and fled on foot.

Several suspects were detained by IDF troops in the area and handed over to the police, the military said. Their vehicle was to be transferred by Palestinian authorities to the Civil Administration, a body in the Defense Ministry, the IDF added.

In security camera footage published by Palestinian media, with a timestamp shortly past 2:20 a.m., the young man can be seen running down the road when a large white car zooms toward him, causing him to swerve right, where a silver car runs into him and sends him flying. A third car pulls up, and people get out to help him.

Further footage published by Palestinian media showed an overturned vehicle with an Israeli license plate, identified as the silver car from the first video, as men in Hasidic garb flee the scene.

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