Politics Two dead and two injured in knife attack in Israel
A Palestinian from the West Bank has killed two people with a knife in Israel and injured two others. One woman died at the scene of the attack on the open street in the Israeli city of Holon in the greater Tel Aviv area, the Magen David Adom rescue service announced on X. A second victim, a man in his 70s, died of his serious injuries in hospital shortly afterwards, reported the Times of Israel newspaper.
04.08.2024, 11:04
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According to the police, the perpetrator was shot dead. Police forces searched the city for possible accomplices of the man. Residents were called upon to be careful and vigilant. Israel's far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said at the scene of the crime that Israel was not only waging war against Iran, but "also here on the streets", as the "Times of Israel" newspaper quoted him. At the same time, he reiterated the issue of weapons to Israeli civilians.
The attacker, a 34-year-old man from the town of Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was in Israel illegally. The newspaper also reported this, citing the police. The Israeli border fence to the West Bank has gaps through which people can enter Israel without being checked.
Violence between militant Palestinians and the Israeli army as well as violent Jewish settlers has increased sharply since the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7. The targeted killing of Hamas foreign leader Ismail Haniya has once again significantly exacerbated tensions. On Saturday alone, nine suspected Palestinian militants died in Israeli air strikes in Tulkarem in the north of the West Bank. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, 578 Palestinians have died in battles with the army and in attacks on Israelis, according to the West Bank health authority.
