The army said the bus company was linked to militants from the Islamist group Hamas and had mobilised Palestinians for violent demonstrations.
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Police and the Palestinian Health Ministry said the driver was the brother of a man who on Sunday had been shot dead in a similar incident nearby.
Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians after they rammed their cars into soldiers in separate attacks in the West Bank on Friday as the country’s defense minister urged Israelis to brace themselves for more violence, saying he can not see an end to the near-daily Palestinian attacks.
An Israeli officer told bus station guards that the buses were confiscated because they transport people to the military checkpoints at the entrance of the Nablus to clash with Israeli soldiers.
The human rights activists questioned the Israeli forces about the respective name and age of the two boys, one of which was only twelve years of age.
Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency medical service said the two soldiers hit Friday were taken to hospital in Jerusalem with light to moderate injuries.
Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon announced on Wednesday that Israel will build a fortified wall near Hebron, a southern West Bank city that has been a flashpoint in the current unrest. Most of the attackers have been shot dead or subdued within minutes.
Tsipras, for his part, expressed his concern about the ongoing construction of Jewish-only settlements on Palestinian land in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The attacks, many of them carried out spontaneously by young Palestinians, have killed 19 Israelis and an American since October 1.
Late Thursday, it said a 21-year-old Palestinian was killed in clashes with soldiers near Hebron in the West Bank. Nineteen Israelis have been killed in the same period.
Palestinians accuse Israel of using excessive force in suppressing violence.
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There has been a wave of stabbings, shootings and vehicle rammings by Palestinians against Israelis in recent weeks, as well as clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces. Palestinians, meanwhile, have said it is rooted in frustrations over Israel’s nearly-half-century-long occupation of the West Bank.
