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Dozens dead after truck crashes into bus station near Tel Aviv
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Dozens dead after truck crashes into bus station near Tel Aviv

Israel’s emergency services are treating dozens of victims after a truck plowed into a bus while dropping off passengers at a bus stop near the Glilot military base, north of Tel Aviv, on Sunday morning.

A spokesman for the Israeli police force said a preliminary investigation indicated that the truck collided with the passengers as well as the bus.

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

The circumstances of the crash remain under investigation, and police have not indicated whether they are treating the incident as a suspected terrorist attack or a traffic accident.

Ronit Glazer of Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical services, described a chaotic scene in a video posted by X as responders received a call about a “mass casualty event” near Glilot Junction.

She said the MDA dispatched “nursing units, ambulances, motorcycles, first responders, paramedics and EMTs” to the scene, where personnel evacuated “20 victims,” ​​including six seriously injured.

United Hatzalah, a volunteer emergency service, said people were trapped under the truck 30 minutes after the attack.

Police and emergency services remain at the scene.

This is a developing story, please check back for updates.