Truck rams into group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem, killing four people, wounding 15

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JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 15 others, Israeli police and rescue services said, in one of the deadliest attacks of a more than yearlong campaign of violence.


Security camera footage shown on Israeli Channel 2 TV showed the truck barreling at a high speed off the road and into the crowd of people in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. The truck is seen backing up quickly, apparently trying to crush more people, before the driver was shot dead.


"There was no sense in that reverse," Leah Schreiber, a witness, told reporters. "He drove backward to crush more people. That was really clear."

 

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[h=1]ISIS blamed for Israel attack: Horrifying moment a truck driver mows down soldiers in Jerusalem, killing four and injuring 15, before being shot dead at the wheel in copycat of Berlin massacre[/h]

• Four Israelis soldiers have been killed in a terrorist truck attack in Jerusalem
• The victims had disembarked a bus when the truck driver veered into them
• At least 15 soldiers have been wounded with two of them in a critical condition
• Israeli police confirmed the suspected terrorist had been 'neutralised'
• Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ISIS is too blame

By DARREN BOYLE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 11:51, 8 January 2017 | UPDATED: 15:53, 8 January 2017

 

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Four Israelis soldiers were killed and 15 wounded after a Palestinian drove his truck over them before reversing, trapping ten people under his wheels on Sunday.
Israel's prime minister says the Palestinian attacker was a supporter of the Islamic State extremist group.
Speaking at the scene of the attack, Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacker has been identified and 'according to all the signs he was a supporter of the Islamic State.'
He says there 'definitely could be a connection' between Sunday's attack, which killed four Israeli soldiers, and recent attacks in France and Germany.
Netanyahu says Israel has blockaded Jabel Mukaber, the east Jerusalem neighborhood where the truck driver lived, and is planning other measures to prevent similar attacks.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the driver was killed by Israeli forces.

 

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Israeli soldiers killed the suspected terrorist after firing at least 18 rounds into the cab

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The killer reversed his truck over the soldiers to ensure he killed as many as possible

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This is the moment the truck, circled, approached the group of Israeli soldiers at speed

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The driver sped through the soldiers giving them no chance of escaping from his truck

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Israeli police confirmed this morning's incident was a deliberate terrorist attack

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Four people have been killed and at least 15 were wounded after a truck attack in Jerusalem

The group of solider were standing beside the bus on some grass when the truck bounced into the air onto the promenade and drove through the victims without warning.
The killer then stood on his brakes and reversed, trapping some ten of his victims under the truck.
Some of the surviving soldiers managed to jump clear and opened fire, riddling the cab of the truck killing the killer.
An instructor accompanying the soldiers said he killed the terrorist.

 

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It is understood the soldiers fired at least 18 rounds at the terrorist, who is believed to be from an Arab area of east Jerusalem.
The soldiers were on a cultural sightseeing tour of the city when they were attacked.
Tour guide Lea Schreiber said: 'I heard my soldiers screaming and shouting.
'I saw a truck that went on the side of the road. Soldiers starting shooting... There were orders and screaming everywhere. They told them to hide behind the wall because there was fear of another attack.
'There was no sense in that reverse. He drove backward to crush more people. That was really clear.'

 

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Israeli soldiers stand in a circle of support at the scene after the truck ramming attack in Jerusalem

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The Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat said 'those who incite terror must pay a heavy price'

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All of the victims of today's attack were believed to have been in their 20s

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Israeli authorities have launched an investigation but have already termed it a terror attack

The Palestinian Hamas movement praised the attack, but did not take responsibility.
Hamas spokesman Abdul-Latif Qanou called it a 'heroic' act and encouraged other Palestinians to do the same and 'escalate the resistance.'
Qanou said Sunday's attack proves the wave of Palestinian violence has not ended, despite a recent lull. He says 'it may be quiet, it may linger, but it will never end.'
Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, is pledged to Israel's destruction.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat called on residents to be wary but carry on with their everyday life.
'Unfortunately, there is no limit to the cruelty of terrorists who spare no means in killing Jews and disrupting their way of life. Those who incite and support terror must pay a heavy price.'
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the truck veered off course Sunday and struck a group of soldiers who had just disembarked from a bus.
She said the attacker has been neutralised.

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Israeli police confirmed the killer trucker has been 'neutralised' following the attack

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Police in Jerusalem have described the incident as a 'possible terrorist attack'

Palestinian security officials in the West Bank city of Ramallah said he was a Palestinian from the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Jabal Mukaber, close to the scene.
The bus driver said the victims had been on a cultural tour of the city.
Israel's rescue service MDA says at least 15 soldiers have been wounded, including two critically.

 

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Shocked witnesses comforted each other just yards from the scene where four people died

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The soldiers were on a sightseeing visit to Jerusalem when the truck driver attacked

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Hamas praised today's murderous attack describing the dead terrorist as 'heroic'

Since last year, Palestinian attackers have killed 36 Israelis and two visiting Americans in a series of mostly stabbing attacks. During that time, 229 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire. Israel says most of the Palestinians killed were attackers while the rest died in clashes.
Israel says the violence is driven by Palestinian incitement. Palestinians say it's the result of nearly 50 years of Israeli occupation.
The dead suspected terrorist is believed to be a Palestinian.

 

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The truck driver waited for the soldiers to disembark the bus before mounting the pavement


A police spokeswoman said: 'It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack.'
Paramedic Chen Lendi Sharon was among the first to arrive on the scene and described 10 bodies trapped beneath the truck.
Israel's police chief Roni Alsheich told reporters the attacker was from an Arab neighborhood in east Jerusalem and forces had no advance warning.
He refused to elaborate and a gag order was placed on further details pending an investigation.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the soldiers stepped off the bus at the promenade which has views over the old walled city.
Rosenfeld said the driver 'ran his vehicle into them. At this moment of time we have ruled out an accident'.

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The killer drove his truck at the victims and then reversed over them when he was shot dead

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The victims are all believed to have been soldiers according to Israeli police

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The truck, pictured, sped up and jumped up a small wall before landing on the soldiers

Police said the dead, three women and one man, were all in their twenties.
An Israeli bus driver who witnessed the incident said on the radio the truck ploughed into a group of soldiers, and that they fired on the driver, who reversed direction and ran over them again.
'They shot him, until they neutralised him,' said the bus driver, who gave his name only as Moshe.

 

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Some of the victims were believed to have been trapped under the truck after it came to a halt

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The driver of the truck is understood to be Palestinian although he has not yet been named

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The name of the suspected terrorist has not yet been released according to Israeli media

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The terrorist is believed to be a Palestinian who lived in an Arab area of east Jerusalem

Israeli TV stations said the driver was killed, and footage showed bullet holes in the truck's windscreen.
Israeli television stations said at least four people were killed and that some 15 wounded were strewn on the street at the Armon Hanatziv promenade overlooking the walled Old City of Jerusalem.
Israel Radio reported the driver was a Palestinian but did not immediately give his name.
A wave of Palestinian street attacks, including vehicle rammings, has largely slowed but not stopped completely since it began in October 2015.
Since October 2015, 247 Palestinians, 40 Israelis, two Americans, a Jordanian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese have been killed in a wave of violence, according to an AFP count.
Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks, according to Israeli authorities.
Others were shot dead during protests or clashes, while some died in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

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At least ten people were trapped underneath the truck in the aftermath of the attack

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The attack happened on the Armon Hanatiziv promenade overlooking the walled Old City

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Israeli officials confirmed that 15 soldiers have been wounded with two in a critical condition

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There was a heavy security presence as rescuers recovered the bodies of victims


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Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, U.N.; OWN this. It's yours. You bought it. Peace to Israel. Thoughts and prayers for her people.

 

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RIP to the innocent victims of this terrorist attack and long live Israel!

 

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Israel has every right to retaliate in any fashion and magnitude it so desires. The UN, Barack Obama and John Kerry can go to heII.