Israeli soldiers injured in car-ramming attack
07 February 2020 |
5:52 am
A motorist has driven his car into a group of Israeli soldiers in a popular area in Jerusalem. Separately, a young Palestinian man was killed in clashes with Israeli troops on the West Bank.
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