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One dead after truck hits bus stop near Tel Aviv – as Iran’s leader reacts to Israeli attacks | World News
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One dead after truck hits bus stop near Tel Aviv – as Iran’s leader reacts to Israeli attacks | World News

At least one person was killed and dozens injured after a truck crashed into a bus station near Tel Aviv, emergency services said.

The incident, which injured more than 30 people, occurred IRANHis leaders sent condolences to the families of four people killed by Israeli strikes on military sites in Iran.

“Iran’s enemies should know that these brave men stand fearlessly in defense of their land and will respond to any nonsense with tact and intelligence,” President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote for X.

Elsewhere, at least 22 people were killed in Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya late Saturday, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

More than 30 injured after a truck hit a bus stop

of Israel The Magen David Adom (MDA) rescue service said the truck incident occurred while a bus was dropping off passengers near the Glilot military base in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, on Sunday morning. More than 30 people were injured.

An Israeli police spokesman said a preliminary investigation indicated the truck collided with the passengers as well as the bus.

United Hatzalah, a volunteer emergency service, said “a large number of pedestrians were involved” and that people were trapped under the truck 30 minutes after the incident.

Civilians at the scene “shot at the truck driver and neutralized him,” Israeli police said.

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Asi Aharoni said Israeli police are treating the incident as terror-related. Picture: Reuters

Asi Aharoni, a spokesman for the Israeli police, later added: “We are treating this as a terrorist incident. The identity of the terrorist is still unknown, he is reportedly an Israeli-Arab.

“Right now we, together with the Shin Bet (Israeli security agency), are trying to find out the identity and get absolute certainty.”

Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad militant group praised the attack but did not say they were behind it.

An MDA spokesman later said six people were left in a serious condition following the incident.

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It came after at least 22 people were killed in Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya late Saturday, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

Many of those killed were women and children, officials said.

Separately, several people were also killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a school housing displaced people in Gaza City, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

The Israeli military said it was targeting a Hamas command center.

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced people amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza City October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ayman Al Hassi
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Palestinians inspect the aftermath of a strike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza City. Picture: Reuters

earlier on saturday Israel has targeted military sites in Irankilling four people and hitting bases in Ilam, Khuzestan and Tehran provinces.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed the attacks, saying they “should neither be minimized nor exaggerated”.

According to Iranian state media, he said: “Whatever is in the interest of this nation and country should be done.”