An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian man to eight consecutive life sentences plus 21 years for ramming a bus into a crowded bus stop near Tel Aviv in February. The court agreed to the prosecution’s request to give Khalil Abu Alba a life sentence for every person killed in the attack, plus a year for every person who was injured.
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