One dead and at least 13 injured in “alleged car attack” near Tel Aviv

A woman was killed and at least 13 others were injured in Ranana, a city north of Tel Aviv. Police speak of a “suspected assault” with a car ram.

A woman died and at least 13 others were injured this Monday, January 15, in the city of Ra’anana, north of Tel Aviv, Israel, according to police and a hospital. Police cited a “suspected attack” on the car ram and added that they had arrested two Palestinian suspects.

“The injured woman, who was admitted in critical condition, died despite resuscitation efforts,” Mir Hospital in the neighboring town of Kfar Saba said in a statement.

Emergency services, for their part, reported the death toll of at least thirteen injured, with at least two in critical condition.

Israeli police chief Kobi Shabtai explained to reporters at the site that “the two perpetrators of the attack are relatives, residents of the (Palestinian) territories, who came to the scene of the attack illegally”. According to a police spokesman, he lives in Hebron. , in the official West Bank, and is suspected of stealing cars before mowing down passers-by at several sites in this suburb of Tel Aviv.

Background of the war

Tensions have risen between Israel and the Palestinian territories since an unprecedented attack by Hamas on October 7, which killed 1,140 people in southern Israel, according to an AFP count based on data from Israeli officials.

In retaliation, Israel vowed to eliminate Hamas, which had been in power in Gaza since 2007. In the Gaza Strip, the conflict has killed more than 24,000 people, mainly women, teenagers and children, according to the ministry’s latest report. as a “terrorist organization” by Israel, the United States, and the European Union.

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