Israel’s army chief of staff said Israel has forbidden private cars carrying groups of Palestinian men from traveling from town to town in the West Bank. Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz announced the move as part of an effort to prevent Palestinian drive-by shootings on Israeli vehicles, following two such attacks last Friday in which three Israelis were killed.
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