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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

14 Israeli Troops Injured in Jerusalem Car-Ramming Attack

Israeli soldiers gather near a military vehicle. Reuters file photo

A Palestinian motorist slammed his car into a group of soldiers in central Jerusalem early on Thursday, wounding 14 before fleeing the scene, Israeli police said. In the West Bank, a 19-year-old Palestinian was killed in clashes with Israeli troops.

Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said one soldier was seriously wounded in the Jerusalem incident, the rest lightly, adding that forces were searching for the man.

Palestinian hospital officials said the 19-year-old was killed in clashes in the West Bank city of Jenin. Six others were wounded in the confrontation. That death came just hours after Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian during clashes with demonstrators elsewhere in the West Bank on Wednesday.

The Israeli military said it was carrying out the demolition of a home belonging to a man who carried out a deadly attack.

It said that during the operation, explosive devices were fired at the troops and they responded with "riot dispersal means," usually tear gas and stun grenades.

Israeli aircraft struck Hamas positions in the Gaza strip early Thursday, the military said, after Palestinians in the enclave again launched projectiles and explosive balloons at Israel.

"Fighter jets and (other) aircraft targeted Hamas terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip," it said in an English language statement.

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses in Gaza reported hits on unspecified targets north of Al Shati refugee camp near Gaza City and a Hamas facility in the southern Gaza Strip. They said nobody was injured. 

On Wednesday night the army reported "two mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory" at open areas.

There were no reported casualties.

Since US President Donald Trump's announcement last week of his plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rockets, mortar shells and explosive balloons have been launched almost daily from Gaza into southern Israel, provoking Israeli retaliation. 

Palestinians strongly reject the US plan, seen as heavily favoring Israel.

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