<div align="justify"><div align="justify">Four Israeli soldiers were killed when they were run down by a truck in Jerusalem today in what police were treating as a deliberate attack, a medic at the scene said.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">Arie Jaffe, of the United Hatzalah emergency service, said the driver was also killed in the incident in west Jerusalem.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">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.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">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.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">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.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">Police quoted rescue services as saying that 15 Israelis were injured, one seriously, in today's ramming.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the victims were in a group of soldiers alighting from a bus at the promenade, which has a scenic view down onto the Old City.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">The bus driver said they had been on a cultural tour of the city. Rosenfeld said that suddenly the lorry driver "ran his vehicle into them. At this moment of time we have ruled out an accident."</div></div>
<div align="justify"><div align="justify">Four Israeli soldiers were killed when they were run down by a truck in Jerusalem today in what police were treating as a deliberate attack, a medic at the scene said.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">Arie Jaffe, of the United Hatzalah emergency service, said the driver was also killed in the incident in west Jerusalem.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">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.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">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.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">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.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">Police quoted rescue services as saying that 15 Israelis were injured, one seriously, in today's ramming.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the victims were in a group of soldiers alighting from a bus at the promenade, which has a scenic view down onto the Old City.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">The bus driver said they had been on a cultural tour of the city. Rosenfeld said that suddenly the lorry driver "ran his vehicle into them. At this moment of time we have ruled out an accident."</div></div>