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One dead, dozens hurt in Israel truck ramming
In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers killed a man who tried to stab them during an operation near Jerusalem, the military said.
The truck ramming happened on Ahron Yariv Boulevard in Ramat HaSharon near Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial hub, AFP reported.
Preliminary police findings showed the truck driver also hit a bus that had stopped at the same station to drop off passengers, the police said in a statement.
At least 29 people were injured, including several in serious condition, emergency service providers Magen David Adom said in a statement. Police did not say whether it was an attack, but added that civilians at the scene shot dead the truck driver.
One of those hurt died later of his injuries, said the hospital where he was taken for treatment. Paramedic Elior Yosef, who arrived at the bus stop after the ramming, said he saw eight people “trapped under the truck”.
“A number of further casualties were either lying or walking near the truck,” he was quoted as saying in the Magen David Adom statement.
Palestinian resistance group Hamas, in a statement, said the “heroic ramming attack” that was carried out near “Mossad headquarters... was in response to the crimes committed by the Zionist occupation” against Palestinians.
Elsewhere, a man who tried to stab a group of soldiers was killed in Hizma, a Palestinian town near Jerusalem.
Since the Israeli war on Gaza began on October 7 last year, there have been several retaliatory attacks in Israel carried out by Palestinian fighters. At least 30 people, including Israeli soldiers, have been killed in such attacks in Israel, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.