The Israeli military said security forces killed an assailant who carried out a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, which medics said injured two people.

Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency services said it received a report of a ramming attack near the Al-Khader junction near Bethlehem.

"We quickly arrived at the scene with large forces and saw two teenagers who had been hit by a vehicle," MDA emergency medical technicians Eli Eisenbach and Daniel Elyakim said in a statement.

"A boy of about 15 was lying on the ground, semi-conscious, and the other was fully conscious," they said, adding that the teenagers were suffering from head and limb injuries.

"They were evacuated to hospitals for further care," the statement said.

The Israeli military said security forces had "eliminated the terrorist who carried out the ramming and attempted stabbing attack at the scene."

"Soldiers were dispatched to the scene to encircle and conduct roadblocks in the area," it said in a statement.

Shortly after, the Palestinian health ministry announced the death of Mahdi Mohammad Awad Dirieh, 32, who it said was shot dead by Israeli forces south of Bethlehem, without giving further details. (AFP)