Two Israeli security officers and a Palestinian truck driver were killed in a collision and shooting incident Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
Two Israel Defense Force soldiers were seriously wounded.
Israeli and Palestinian officials gave conflicting accounts of the incident.
According to the Israelis, and IDF officer and a police officer were killed when a Palestinian truck driver veered into an Israeli army jeep that was part of a convoy traveling to the Jewish settlement of Neztarim in the Gaza Strip.
Witnesses said the driver jumped out of the truck and began shooting. Israeli soldiers returned fire, killing the driver, Israeli officials said.
Marwan Kanafani, spokesman for Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, maintained that the collision was an accident and the Israelis had planted a weapon next to the dead driver.
Meanwhile, in the Knesset, the National Religious Party and Tsomet introduced a no-confidence motion in the government, citing the deteriorating security situation.
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