Tel Aviv [Israel], January 16: A woman was killed and more than a dozen people injured in an attack near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on Monday. The 70-year-old woman died of serious injuries, according to the local hospital.
The Magen David Adom rescue service said that at least 17 people were injured in the incident in Ra'anana. The Israeli police earlier put the number of injured at 13.
Police commander Avi Bitton spoke of a "very serious terrorist attack," according to media reports.
Two suspected Palestinian residents of the city of Hebron were detained. The two suspects are said to have rammed into people in several places with stolen cars.
According to paramedics, several people were treated for stab wounds.
Seven children and young people were among the victims of the attack, the Times of Israel reported, citing a children's hospital. They are currently receiving medical treatment. One 16-year-old is in a serious condition.
The Palestinian Hamas movement welcomed the attack in Ra'anana. It was a reaction to the "ongoing aggression" against the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, it said.
The security situation in Israel and the West Bank has worsened since the start of the Gaza war.
A further 132 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip within 24 hours, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority.
The total number of Palestinians killed since the start of the war has risen to around 24,100, the authority announced on Monday, mostly in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. According to the report, 60,834 people were also injured. The figures could not initially be independently verified.
According to Israel's army, around 9,000 members of Hamas and other groups have been killed since the start of the war.
During an operation at a Hamas command centre in Khan Younis, the army said it had confiscated grenades, other weapons and Hamas equipment.
The war was triggered by a attack by Hamas and other groups on Israel on October 7. More than 1,200 people were killed and around 250 others were taken hostage to the Gaza Strip. Israel responded to the unprecedented attack with massive airstrikes and a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Qatar Tribune
