Knife attack in central Israel leaves at least 3 dead

Service knife attack take place in the context Israel celebrates independence day on 5/5, after a lull in deadly unrest.

The Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency response service, which confirmed the deaths, said that in addition to the three deaths, two others were in serious condition following the attack. stab a knife This follows a series of deadly attacks by Palestinians and Arab-Israelis in recent weeks.

Two other people suffered moderate or mild injuries, according to the MDA.

Israeli police said a manhunt was underway, including by helicopter and barricades, to find a vehicle that had fled the scene. However, local police did not provide details about the alleged perpetrators.

Israeli police said that it appeared the attack took place at several points in an area.

Paramedic Alon Rizkan of the MDA described the “chaotic scene of the attack” and determined that all the victims were men in their 40s.

Those seriously injured were men between the ages of 35 and 60, according to the MDA.

Israeli security and rescue personnel work at the scene of a knife attack in Elad, central Israel. (Photo: Reuters)

The majority of Elad’s 50,000 inhabitants are members of Israel’s Orthodox Jewish community, known as “haredi”.

Another “haredi” majority city, Bnei Brak, also on the outskirts of the coastal city of Tel Aviv, was targeted in March.

It has been one of the areas under attack since March 22, before the May 5 knife attack that left 15 people dead, including an Israeli police officer and two Ukrainians, in clashes. separate attacks in Israel.

Two of the deadly attacks were carried out in the Tel Aviv area by Palestinians.

A total of 27 Palestinians and 3 Israelis died during the same period, among them the perpetrators of the attacks and those killed by Israeli security forces during operations in the West Bank.

New clashes broke out at the Al-Aqsa shrine, also the holiest site in Judaism, where it is known as the Temple Mount.

The violence at the site comes after a tense April, in which nearly 300 people were injured in clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa mosque.

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