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| Driver Plows Into Group at Jerusalem Train Station, Killing Baby, Police Say | |
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| JERUSALEM — A Palestinian driver plowed his car into a group of people waiting at a light rail station in northern Jerusalem on Wednesday, the police said, killing an Israeli baby and injuring eight other people. The driver was shot and seriously injured by police officers as he tried to flee, according to the police, in an episode that added to the escalating tensions in the city. | JERUSALEM — A Palestinian driver plowed his car into a group of people waiting at a light rail station in northern Jerusalem on Wednesday, the police said, killing an Israeli baby and injuring eight other people. The driver was shot and seriously injured by police officers as he tried to flee, according to the police, in an episode that added to the escalating tensions in the city. |
| A spokesman for the police, Micky Rosenfeld, said the event was being treated as a suspected terrorist attack, with a strong possibility that the driver had deliberately run people over. Footage from a traffic camera aired on Israeli television showed the car swerving off the main road and driving fast in the direction of the rail station. | A spokesman for the police, Micky Rosenfeld, said the event was being treated as a suspected terrorist attack, with a strong possibility that the driver had deliberately run people over. Footage from a traffic camera aired on Israeli television showed the car swerving off the main road and driving fast in the direction of the rail station. |
| The Maan Palestinian news agency identified the driver as Abd al-Rahman Al-Shaloudy, 20. Mr. Rosenfeld said the driver had previously served time in an Israeli prison. | The Maan Palestinian news agency identified the driver as Abd al-Rahman Al-Shaloudy, 20. Mr. Rosenfeld said the driver had previously served time in an Israeli prison. |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel ordered a reinforcement of security forces in Jerusalem and, in a statement, accused President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority of inciting violence against Jews in Jerusalem. In a speech over the weekend, Mr. Abbas called on Palestinians to defend the Al Aksa Mosque by all means after a series of violent confrontations between Muslim worshipers and the police in the mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site. | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel ordered a reinforcement of security forces in Jerusalem and, in a statement, accused President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority of inciting violence against Jews in Jerusalem. In a speech over the weekend, Mr. Abbas called on Palestinians to defend the Al Aksa Mosque by all means after a series of violent confrontations between Muslim worshipers and the police in the mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site. |
| Many of the clashes have centered on the visits of Israeli rightists who frequent the compound and are increasingly demanding the right to pray there. Known to Jews as Temple Mount, the compound is considered Judaism’s holiest site and the location of the ancient Jewish temples. | Many of the clashes have centered on the visits of Israeli rightists who frequent the compound and are increasingly demanding the right to pray there. Known to Jews as Temple Mount, the compound is considered Judaism’s holiest site and the location of the ancient Jewish temples. |
| The car attack came hours after gunshots and an antitank missile fired across the Egyptian-Israeli border wounded two Israeli soldiers in a vehicle, according to the Israeli military. | The car attack came hours after gunshots and an antitank missile fired across the Egyptian-Israeli border wounded two Israeli soldiers in a vehicle, according to the Israeli military. |
| The attack came from the rugged desert terrain of the Sinai Peninsula, where Islamic militants have been battling Egyptian forces and have occasionally carried out attacks against foreign targets or against Israel. | The attack came from the rugged desert terrain of the Sinai Peninsula, where Islamic militants have been battling Egyptian forces and have occasionally carried out attacks against foreign targets or against Israel. |
| But Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said a preliminary inquiry indicated that the cross-border fire came from drug smugglers operating in the area. Israeli forces returned fire and killed at least three of the assailants, according to the military. | But Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said a preliminary inquiry indicated that the cross-border fire came from drug smugglers operating in the area. Israeli forces returned fire and killed at least three of the assailants, according to the military. |
| Colonel Lerner said that the vehicle had come under fire near Ezuz, a small and remote Israeli border community, and that the military had sent extra forces to the area. | Colonel Lerner said that the vehicle had come under fire near Ezuz, a small and remote Israeli border community, and that the military had sent extra forces to the area. |
| The injured troops — a male soldier and a female officer — are from the Carakal Battalion, which patrols Israel’s border with Egypt. They were evacuated by helicopter. | The injured troops — a male soldier and a female officer — are from the Carakal Battalion, which patrols Israel’s border with Egypt. They were evacuated by helicopter. |
| Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979 that brought decades of quiet to the once-hostile border, with the Sinai serving as a strategic buffer. But in recent years a number of attacks by Islamic militants have punctured the calm and strained the peace between the two countries. | Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979 that brought decades of quiet to the once-hostile border, with the Sinai serving as a strategic buffer. But in recent years a number of attacks by Islamic militants have punctured the calm and strained the peace between the two countries. |
| Militants crossed into Israeli territory near the resort town of Eilat in August 2011 and ambushed a bus and private cars, killing eight people. Israeli forces pursuing the attackers fired into Egyptian territory and accidentally killed five Egyptian officers. In protest, enraged Egyptians stormed the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. | Militants crossed into Israeli territory near the resort town of Eilat in August 2011 and ambushed a bus and private cars, killing eight people. Israeli forces pursuing the attackers fired into Egyptian territory and accidentally killed five Egyptian officers. In protest, enraged Egyptians stormed the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. |
| The following year, an Israeli soldier and a civilian construction worker were shot dead in separate incidents along the border, and several militants were killed in return fire. Militants have also occasionally fired rockets from Sinai into Eilat and have sabotaged gas pipelines, interrupting supplies of Egyptian natural gas to Israel. | The following year, an Israeli soldier and a civilian construction worker were shot dead in separate incidents along the border, and several militants were killed in return fire. Militants have also occasionally fired rockets from Sinai into Eilat and have sabotaged gas pipelines, interrupting supplies of Egyptian natural gas to Israel. |
| Israel recently completed construction of a 16-foot-tall steel border fence, stretching 150 miles from Eilat on the Gulf of Aqaba north to Gaza. The fence is intended to prevent infiltration by militants and stem the flow of African migrants into Israel. | Israel recently completed construction of a 16-foot-tall steel border fence, stretching 150 miles from Eilat on the Gulf of Aqaba north to Gaza. The fence is intended to prevent infiltration by militants and stem the flow of African migrants into Israel. |