West Bank Attack Targets U.S. Consulate Security Vehicle [View all]
Source: Wall Street Journal
TEL AVIV—A group of Israeli settlers pelted a U.S. consulate security vehicle with rocks near a West Bank settlement during a visit Friday to investigate allegations that olive trees belonging to Palestinians had been uprooted, according to U.S. and Israeli officials.
The confrontation between U.S. guards and armed settlers—the first of its kind in recent memory—didn’t result in any injuries.
A consulate spokesman said the U.S. is “deeply concerned” by the incident, and that the U.S. is offering video footage to aid in the Israeli investigation.
Photographs provided by a Palestinian escort showed the black U.S. consulate vehicle, a Chevrolet Suburban, with a dent on the hood and scarred on the side from the melee.
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