BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian man was wounded on Monday when his car collided with an Israeli military vehicle southeast of Bethlehem.

Khalil Jadal Muham, 23, was taken to hospital in Beit Jala with moderate wounds after the accident on a bypass road near al-Fardis, Red Crescent official Abdul-Halim al-Jaafra told Ma'an.

An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that no soldiers were hurt in the collision.