{"id":2277,"date":"2025-12-27T20:23:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2025-12-27T20:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:25:41","slug":"two-killed-in-suspected-palestinian-ramming-and-knife-attack-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2277","title":{"rendered":"Two killed in suspected Palestinian ramming and knife attack in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two people have been killed in what police say was a &#8220;rolling terror attack&#8221; in northern Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 suspect was eventually shot and wounded by a civilian outside the city of Afula, according to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asake - Lonely At The Top (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bbVZo4Yw7pI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shimshon Mordechai, a 68-year-old man, was killed and a 16-year-old boy was hurt in Friday&#8217;s ramming, officials said, while the stabbing victim was Aviv Maor, aged 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day before the attack, an Israeli reservist was fired after video emerged of him ramming a praying Palestinian with a quad bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect in the attack came from the village of Qabatiya, in the northern occupied West Bank, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the incident, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was preparing to carry out an operation in the Qabatiya area. Katz said he had instructed the IDF to act &#8220;forcefully and immediately&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IDF said the suspect had &#8220;infiltrated into Israeli territory several days ago&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel&#8217;s Kan News public broadcaster said the 37-year-old man had been working illegally in Israel and had used his employer&#8217;s vehicle in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed &#8220;deepest condolences&#8221; to the victims&#8217; families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on X, he also praised &#8220;the heroic citizen who neutralised the terrorist&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident comes a day after the army reservist drove a quad bike into a Palestinian man who was praying on a roadside in the West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video shows the man, dressed in civilian clothes but with a firearm, ramming the victim with the vehicle. Reports say the victim was unhurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Israeli military said the soldier &#8211; who had earlier opened fire in a nearby village &#8211; had been fired and his weapon confiscated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians have surged in the West Bank in recent years,\u00a0according to the United Nations, with more than a thousand killed since the Hamas attacks on Israel of 7 October 2023 in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 abducted into Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 70,600 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the territory&#8217;s Hamas-run health ministry. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c9d9znp22pyo\">(BBC)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people have been killed in what police say was a &#8220;rolling terror attack&#8221; 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. 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