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Two Killed in Alleged Palestinian Car-Ramming, Knife Attack in Israel
The attacker, from the West Bank town of Qabatiya, killed two and wounded two others in a multi-location assault described as terror amid Israel-Gaza war escalation.
- On Friday, Dec 26, a combined car-ramming and stabbing in northern Israel left two people dead, police said the attack began in Beit She'an and continued onto Highway 71 near Kibbutz Tel Yosef.
- Police said the assailant began in Beit She'an, running over a pedestrian then striking a 16-year-old boy, and investigators suspect he used his employer's car after entering Israel days earlier.
- The attacker rammed a vehicle carrying a 19-year-old woman near Kibbutz Tel Yosef, then chased and stabbed her, while a 16-year-old boy was lightly injured and taken to Afula Hospital.
- A civilian passerby shot and neutralized the attacker near Maonot Junction, the suspect was hospitalized in moderate condition, and Highway 71 was closed in the Afula area.
- Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered forceful IDF action in Qabatiya and vowed to strike terror infrastructure, while National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for death-penalty laws amid Gaza war-related violence.
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A Palestinian man killed a woman and a man on Friday in a two-stage attack in northern Israel, announced Israeli relief and the police. The attacker was wounded by fire, it was said. - Israel: an attack by a Palestinian kills two (International).
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