(Reuters) Amos Harel - A Palestinian gunman armed with an AK-47 assault rifle concealed in a blanket, ambushed a group of IDF soldiers at a checkpoint on the Tunnel Road south of Jerusalem Tuesday, killing two. The terrorist escaped in a waiting car that headed toward Bethlehem. (Ha'aretz/Yediot Ahronot) "It looks like the declarations of a truce were premature," Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid said on Army Radio. "What happened this morning casts doubt on the sincerity" of Qurie's efforts to halt attacks, Lapid said.
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