Palestinian Stabs Two To Death, Injures Two In Israel

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Israeli emergency responders work at the scene of a suspected stabbing attack in Holon, Israel, August 4, 2024.

A Palestinian attacker on Sunday, in a stabbing spree, killed two people and wounded two others in central Israel before being shot dead by police, Israeli authorities said.

The stabbings took place during morning rush hour in the city of Holon, near Tel Aviv. The attacker stabbed people near a gas station and a park, Israel’s ambulance service said.

Two senior citizens, a man and woman, were killed and two other people were wounded and rushed to hospital, medical officials said.

Said police spokesperson, Eli Levi, on Israel’s Channel 12: “The terrorist was quickly neutralised by one of our officers at the scene and prevented him from carrying out an even worse attack”.

A police statement said police were present in force at the scene and were “conducting extensive searches with a helicopter and additional resources”.

The Islamist group Hamas, which is at war with Israel in Gaza, said in a statement that the stabbing attack was a “natural response” to Israeli attacks on Palestinians and to the assassination of the group’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, last week in Tehran.

However, it stopped short of claiming responsibility for Sunday’s attack.

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