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2024-01-15 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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One dead and 18 injured in stabbing and car-ramming attack in Israel, with residents ordered to stay off the street
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Palestinian man killed one woman and injured up to 18 other people in a stabbing and car-ramming attack in the central Israeli city of Raanana today, Israeli media said.
'A wounded woman who arrived in a critical condition after having been hit by a vehicle has died of her injuries despite our efforts to save her,' said a statement from Meir hospital, near Raanana.
An official police statement said two suspects were detained and the incident is now being investigated.
The suspected attackers, named as Muhammad Zaidat, 44, and Ahmed Zaidat, 24, are both believed to be Palestinians from the West Bank city of Hebron.
Police told Israeli media the pair, who are related, fatally stabbed one victim before stealing a car. and swapping vehicles several times before crashing.
Harrowing images showed a heavily damaged white saloon car smashed into a lamppost mere feet from a bus stop with evident bloodstains smeared across the brickwork.
In addition to the fatal stabbing victim, another 66-year-old man was reportedly stabbed.
Meanwhile, a 34-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were left in serious condition with head injuries, as a result of the ramming on Ahuza Street, the main street of the city.
Seven of those injured were children, according to The Jerusalem Post. Fortunately, Dr Ron Brunett of the Schneider Pediatric Centre said the minors were in a mild condition with no life threatening injuries.
Central District Commander Avi Bitton told The Times of Israel the suspects were Palestinians who had been working in the city's industrial zone recently. Both were in Israel illegally, he said.
'This was a very grave terror attack,' Bitton said, adding the 'terrorists' took control of two cars and carried out attacks at three locations in the city.
He says the first was apprehended very quickly and the second a few minutes later.
Investigators are not ruling out other suspects, and are now conducting a search of the wider area to avert any further attacks, Bitton concluded.
National Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai initially praised the rapid and professional police response, but gave no more details. He later added in a statement: 'Both terrorists are residents of Hebron, family members who entered the area illegally.'
The two suspects were named as Ahmed Zidat, 25, and Mahmoud Zidad, 44, both residents of the southern West Bank town of Bani Naim, close to Hebron. According to the Shin Bet, both had been blacklisted for entering Israel illegally numerous times in the past.
The attack began at about 1:30 p.m., as schools were dismissing students for the day.
Channel 12 publishes a quote from the Shin Bet interrogation of one of the suspects in today’s Ra’anana terror attack that was ostensibly leaked by the security agency.
“When the war in Gaza began, my cousin and I decided to carry out an attack and become martyrs,” the Palestinian suspect is quoted as having said.
“We got a ride to Ra’anana from Hebron three days ago. Our plan was first to stab Jews. Then we decided to run over as many Jews as possible.”
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