Israelis can expect further attacks “by radical groups that oppose the peace process,” Prime Minister Ehud Barak predicted. His comment came after a Palestinian twice drove his car Tuesday into a group of Israeli soldiers hitchhiking on a road some 30 miles west of Jerusalem before Israeli troops shot and killed him. Twelve people suffered light to moderate injuries. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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