A head-on collision near Ashkelon early Monday took six lives, including that of a three-month-old child, and injured seven other people, five of them seriously. Most of the victims were Arabs. According to police, a Subaru pick-up truck enroute from Ramle to Ashkelon was struck by an Arab-owned taxi coming from Rafa in the Gaza Strip. Both drivers were killed.
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