An Attacker Hits a Bus Stop in Northern Israel, Killing 1 

Security forces gather by a damaged vehicle at the scene of an attack in Haifa in northern Israel on March 24, 2025. (AFP) 
Security forces gather by a damaged vehicle at the scene of an attack in Haifa in northern Israel on March 24, 2025. (AFP) 
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An Attacker Hits a Bus Stop in Northern Israel, Killing 1 

Security forces gather by a damaged vehicle at the scene of an attack in Haifa in northern Israel on March 24, 2025. (AFP) 
Security forces gather by a damaged vehicle at the scene of an attack in Haifa in northern Israel on March 24, 2025. (AFP) 

Israeli officials say an attacker in a vehicle ran over several people at a bus stop in northern Israel before opening fire, killing a man in his 70s.

Police said they “neutralized” the attacker, without elaborating or providing a nationality. They referred to it as a terrorist attack, indicating they believe the assailant was a Palestinian militant.

Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service said a man in his 70s was killed and another man, around 20 years old, was taken to a hospital in serious condition.

There has been a surge in Palestinian attacks since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, rampage into southern Israel ignited the war in the Gaza Strip.

Israel has carried out wide-scale military operations in the occupied West Bank that have killed hundreds of Palestinians, and there has also been a rise in attacks by Jewish settlers.



Trump, Putin to Talk on Thursday ahead of Possible Zelenskiy Call

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in 2019. (Reuters)
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in 2019. (Reuters)
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Trump, Putin to Talk on Thursday ahead of Possible Zelenskiy Call

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in 2019. (Reuters)
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in 2019. (Reuters)

US President Donald Trump said he will talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, while a Ukrainian source told Reuters Trump may speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday.

"Will be speaking to President Putin of Russia at 10:00 A.M. Thank you!" Trump wrote on his social media platform. He did not say what they would discuss.

On Friday, Trump and Zelenskiy are expected to discuss the abrupt halt in some key US weapons deliveries to Kyiv, with Zelenskiy expected to raise potential future arms sales, the Financial Times earlier reported on Thursday, Reuters reported.

The timing of that call could change, the FT added, citing people familiar with the planning.

The US has paused some shipments of critical weapons to Ukraine due to low stockpiles, sources earlier told Reuters. That decision led to Ukraine calling in the acting US envoy to Kyiv on Wednesday to underline the importance of military aid from Washington continuing, and caution that the move would weaken Ukraine's ability to defend against intensifying Russian airstrikes and battlefield advances.

The Pentagon's move led in part to a cut in deliveries of Patriot air defense missiles that Ukraine relies on to destroy fast-moving ballistic missiles, Reuters reported on Wednesday.