Four Israeli Soldiers Killed, 15 Wounded In Jerusalem Lorry Attack
MEP: A supporter linked to Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group rammed his speeding truck into a group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 15 others, Israeli police said.
Three female soldiers – 20-year-old Lt. Yael Yekutiel of Givatayim, 22-year-old Lt. Shir Hajaj of Ma’aleh Adumim, and 20-year-old Sec.-Lt. Shira Tzur of Haifa – and one male soldier, 20-yearold Sec.-Lt. Erez Orbach of Alon Shvut, were declared dead at the scene.
The attack comes at a time of warnings about growing tensions, not least over Donald Trump’s highly controversial plan to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, and calls from some rightwing Israeli ministers to annex parts of the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israeli police spokeswoman, Luba Simari, said the incident took place in the Armon HaNetziv (also known as East Talpiot) promenade in southern part of East Jerusalem al-Quds as a large truck veered off road and plowed through a group of Israeli soldiers who had just gotten off a bus, Arabic-language Palestine al-Yawm news agency reported.
Israeli media outlets later reported that the driver of the truck had been shot dead, without providing any details about the identity of the driver.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attackerwas a suspected supporter of so-called Islamic State (Daesh).
But the prime minister gave no evidence to support the claim.
