At least eight Palestinian schoolchildren and a teacher have been killed after their bus crashed into a truck in the West Bank.
The bus overturned and caught fire after the collision.
The bus had been carrying several dozen children from a kindergarten and an elementary school.
The children were on a field trip from Shufat refugee camp near Jerusalem to a park near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Israeli and Palestinian emergency crews co-operated in rescue efforts at the scene, where the charred wreckage of the bus rested on its side against a stone wall.
The hospital also treated over 50 people injured in the crash.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has declared three days of mourning in the Palestinian territories and ordered flags flown at half mast.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a visit to Cyprus, also issued a statement expressing sorrow at the deaths.
The truck driver was said to be an Arab Israeli citizen who may have lost control in heavy rains and slick roads.
