Five Israelis were wounded in a shooting attack on a bus near the West Bank town of Hebron. No group immediately claimed responsibility for Saturday night’s ambush, which occurred near the safe-passage route Israel opened last week for Palestinians traveling between the Gaza Strip and a point near Hebron. On Sunday, Jewish settlers angered by the shooting protested in Hebron against the opening of a section of road to Palestinian traffic.
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