A truck filled with natural gas crashed into a historic synagogue on the Tunisian island of Jerba, killing at least six people and injuring 20. While Tunisian authorities called the incident an accident, a source at Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it was a terror attack, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz.
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