Jerusalem: A 24-year-old Indian-origin Israeli soldier was killed on Thursday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Staff Sergeant Jerry Zidan Hangal died in a stage vehicle accident.
It has been revealed that the truck that hit the Israeli army's guard post had a Palestinian number plate. Its driver deliberately hit the guard post truck driven by Jerry Zidan at high speed. Jerry was born in a northeastern state of India and his family immigrated to Israel many years ago.
Thousands of Jews lived in the state of Mizoram
It is noteworthy that thousands of Jews have been living in the Indian states of Manipur and Mizoram for decades. The driver who hit the guard post has been identified as 58-year-old Hele Dhafla.
Israeli security forces are trying to arrest him. Meanwhile, the United Nations said that 34 people, including six UN employees, were killed in an air strike by Israeli forces on a school building in central Gaza on Wednesday.
Two people died in the latest attack
These workers were Palestinians. The Israeli army has said that the school was being built by Hamas fighters and they were preparing to attack the Israeli army. Meanwhile, Israel attacked Syria again on Thursday. Two people have died in the latest attack.