Terror Attack Kills 1, Injures Dozen In Israel

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

JERUSALEM/RA’ANANA (Worthy News) – Car ramming and stabbing attacks by suspected terrorists in Israel’s central city of Ra’anana killed one person and left over a dozen people injured, including children, Israeli police said.

Medical officials from Meir Hospital announced that a critically injured woman in her 70s who had been taken to the medical center following the attack had succumbed to her wounds

“A terrorist stabbed a woman while another terrorist stole a car and proceeded to carry out ramming attacks in several locations,” The Jerusalem Post newspaper quoted Israel Police as confirming.

“The terrorist swapped vehicles three times after crashing,” police said. The attackers were identified as Muhammad Zaidat, 44, and Ahmed Zaidat, 24, both from Hebron and were later detained, sources said.

Two people were slightly injured after being run over on Haroshet Street, where a 66-year-old man was also seriously stabbed, according to investigators.

An additional fifteen people were injured to varying degrees, including a 34-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy in serious condition with head injuries, as a result of the ramming on Ahuza Street, the main street of the city, The Jerusalem Post reported. Seven of those injured were said to have been children.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility from a group for the attacks, but Hamas has in the past praised similar attacks. They come a day after Israel observed 100 days of launching the war against Hamas, deemed a terrorist organization by the Israeli government and most of its allies.

Those detained were working in the industrial zone in Ra’anana and were in Israel illegally, sources said. Israeli police were not ruling out the involvement of other suspects in Monday’s violence.

It came as the Jewish nation was still recovering in the aftermath of the October 7 attack by Hamas that killed about 1,200 people and saw some 240 others being taken as hostages.

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