Two Palestinian males stole vehicles and ran over Israelis in a suburb of Tel Aviv on Monday, the Israeli police mentioned. One particular person was killed and 17 others injured, based on emergency officers.
Each assailants, residents of the Hebron space within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, have been arrested, the police mentioned in a press release. Their motivations have been nonetheless being investigated, however the incident was being handled as a terrorist assault, based on Dean Elsdunne, a spokesman for the police.
Magen David Adom, an Israeli emergency medical service, mentioned a lady in her 70s was killed. Of the 17 folks wounded, two have been in severe situation, it mentioned.
The French international ministry mentioned two of these injured have been younger French nationals, nevertheless it gave no names or ages. “Nothing justifies terrorism,” the ministry’s assertion mentioned.
The incident, within the city of Ra’anana, got here amid heightened tensions in Israel, because the struggle in opposition to Hamas in Gaza has entered its fourth month and as Israeli safety forces have tightened restrictions on Palestinians within the West Financial institution.
Avi Bitton, the police commander for Israel’s central district, informed reporters that the suspects had used two vehicles to hold out “a sequence of rammings.”
In a press release, Hamas provided reward for what it described as “the ‘Ra’anana’ assault,” referring to the assailants as “heroes” and calling their actions “a pure response to the occupation’s massacres and aggression in opposition to the Palestinian folks.” It didn’t take accountability for the incident.
The Shin Wager, Israel’s inner intelligence company, recognized the suspects as Ahmad Zidat, 25, and Mahmoud Zidat, 44. It mentioned they have been members of the identical household from the village of Bani Naim, and that they have been among the many Palestinians who’re barred from coming into Israel.
Photos from the scene confirmed emergency responders and law enforcement officials close to a broken white car on a sidewalk beside a bus station.
