One dead, dozens injured after truck hits Israel bus stop
A man was killed and at least 30 others injured when a truck struck a bus stop near an Israeli military base north of Tel Aviv. Authorities are treating the incident as a suspected terror attack.
According to a medic from Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service, “A truck hit dozens of people who had disembarked at a bus stop. Eight of the injured were trapped under the truck, while others were lying or standing nearby.”
Many of the injured were reportedly elderly people on a day trip to a museum.
The truck driver, identified as Rami Natur, an Arab Israeli from Qalansawe in central Israel, was shot dead at the scene by a civilian.
Emergency services responded to the Glilot Junction around 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) on Sunday after reports of the truck ramming incident.
“We were a group of retirees headed to Glilot to visit a museum and attend a lecture,” Yechiel Ben Moshe told the Ynet website. “The bus parked, and as people got off, a truck came from behind, and I heard a massive noise.”
“It drove toward us to run us over.
“Around me, everyone was injured and bleeding, and others were in shock. It looked like an accident at first, but then shots were fired at the terrorist.”
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is responsible for the police, called for the family of the suspected attacker to be deported from Israel.
Israel is already fighting its enemies on multiple fronts in Gaza and Lebanon.
But this attack raises a different question: how to keep its people safe from attackers already inside Israel, who use vehicles as weapons.
