Israel: Three killed in stabbing in a city near Tel Aviv

Three people were killed in the stabbing on Thursday near Tel Aviv, Israel, and police suspect it was a terror attack as the country celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut, the 74th anniversary of Israel’s Declaration of Independence.

The violent stage took place in Elad, a city located in central Israel where a large haredi ultra-orthodox Jewish community lives. Besides, four people were injured.

At least two of the injured were present critical state: They were taken to hospital and silenced and intubated, said Magen David Adom emergency response service, Israel’s equivalent to the Red Cross.

Witnesses speak about two perpetrators who launched their attack on passersby in a park. One of them was carrying a gun, while the other was carrying a white weapon such as an ax or a large knife, he said. The Times of Israel.

then they fled in a vehicle, reported to authorities. They were looking for him in a large operation that established traffic control points in the area and helicopter air patrols. Local authorities asked residents to stay indoors or seek shelter until the perpetrators of the attack were found.

“When we arrived, we realized it was a complex situation,” Alon Rizkan, a Magen David Adom volunteer paramedic who treated the victims, said in a statement.

According to him, the three dead were men in their 40s, while the seriously injured, all men, were between 35 and 60 years old. There was a slightly wounded man, a 23-year-old man, who would have dealt with the attackers.

Although no organization has claimed responsibility for the attack, Hamas came out to celebrate and linked it to the violence in a respected place in Jerusalem, but took no responsibility.

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new wave of violence

The attack took place in the middle of a voltage increase in place. Another city mostly inhabited by ultra-Orthodox Jews, Bnei Brak, also outside Tel Aviv, was attacked in March.

Since March 22 and before the attack on Thursday, 15 people have been killed, including an Arab-Israeli policeman and two Ukrainians, in those incidents. Two of the deadly attacks were carried out in the Tel Aviv area by Palestinians. In response, the Israeli army conducted several operations in the occupied West Bank, marked by bloody clashes.

Since then, a total of 27 Palestinians and three Israeli Arabs have been killed (including the perpetrators of the attacks) in clashes with Israeli forces. The previous victim was a security guard killed in an attack in the city of Ariel on Friday.

That day, in addition, 43 people were injured in new incidents between Palestinian protesters and Israel Police on the Esplanade of the Mosques, in Jerusalem.

With information from agencies