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Violent 'Rolling Terror Attack' in Northern Israel Claims Two Lives

A tragic incident in Beit Shean and Ein Harod leads to two fatalities as police investigate a suspected attack involving driving and stabbing.

Source: bbc.co.uk1 min read
Violent 'Rolling Terror Attack' in Northern Israel Claims Two Lives
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In brief

In a harrowing event labeled a 'rolling terror attack' by Israeli police, two individuals were killed in northern Israel. The assailant initially struck a pedestrian with their vehicle in Beit Shean before proceeding to stab a woman in Ein Harod. The attacker was apprehended after being shot by a civilian. Authorities identified the victims as a 68-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman, with the attacker being a Palestinian from the occupied West Bank.

Two people have been killed in what police say was a rolling terror attack in northern Israel.

Police said the attacker ran over a pedestrian in the eastern city of Beit Shean, then drove on before stabbing a woman near Ein Harod, about 8 miles (12.5km) to the west.

The attacker was shot and wounded by a civilian bystander, the statement said, adding that the suspect was a Palestinian Authority resident in the occupied West Bank.

Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said the victim killed in Beit Shean was a 68-year-old man, and the stabbing victim in Ein Harod was an 18-year-old woman.

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