A masked Palestinian stone-thrower takes position during clashes with Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, in this September 21, 2015 file picture. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/Files
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will impose a minimum four-year jail term on Palestinian petrol bombers and rock throwers and will ease open-fire regulations and impose harsher fines, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
The Israeli leader's "Security Cabinet" of senior ministers agreed measures aimed at quelling a recent rise in roadside attacks against Israeli vehicles in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.
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