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Security forces at the scene of the accident involving Mr Ben Gvir's car
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been slightly injured and taken to hospital following a car accident, Israeli police say.
Footage on social media showed a car that had flipped over.
The circumstances of the incident are under investigation, the police statement cited by Reuters said.
Israeli media said Mr Ben-Gvir had been returning from the scene of a stabbing in the city of Ramle, near Tel Aviv.
An 18-year-old woman was seriously injured in that incident, according to the Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom, which added that the "terrorist was neutralised", referring to the attacker.
Mr Ben-Gvir is a controversial member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency government.
He recently called for a full-scale military response by Israel against Iran after Tehran's missile and drone attack on Israel, itself prompted by an Israeli attack which killed senior Iranian military figures in the Iranian consulate in Syria.
Mr Ben-Gvir has also advocated the relocation of Palestinians from Gaza and supported calls for the reestablishment of Jewish settlements there.
