An Israeli police officer narrowly avoided being killed as a car rammed into his vehicle on the side of a motorway in the West Bank in a suspected terror attack.

The officer had walked a step to the right a split second before a white car careened at full speed into the armoured vehicle near the city of Ofra.

No police officers were injured and the driver died, the Israeli government said.

“Earlier today, a Palestinian terrorist attempted a violent attack by accelerating towards a police vehicle,” the IDF said in an official statement.

“The attempt ended in failure, as the terrorist’s actions resulted in his own death.”

The name of the driver was revealed as Yosef Ahmed Adnan Taha, 27, a resident of Nablus.