(Times of Israel) A Palestinian man arrested by Israeli police Thursday driving a stolen truck said he had sought to use the truck to run over Israeli soldiers. At a Petah Tikva court on Friday, the man, 39, from Ramallah, said: "I took a truck, I [wanted] to run over soldiers because of Al-Aqsa," referring to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque. After police had called on the driver to stop, a chase ensued during which the truck smashed into a police car and another vehicle.
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