Israeli ambulance service says six dead in new attack in south

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - At least six people were killed when gunmen attacked a number of vehicles traveling in southern Israel on Thursday, a spokesman for the Magen David Adom ambulance service said.

Israel's military added in a statement: "Terrorists fired at a bus on its way to (the city of) Eilat and fired an anti-tank rocket at another vehicle. At the same time, a military patrol hit an explosive device."

(Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch)

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