Israel: One dead, three seriously injured after knife attack

A 70-year-old woman has been killed and this Sunday, August 4, and three other people were seriously injured in a knife attack near Tel Aviv.

Tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East. One person was killed on Sunday, August 4, and three others were injured, two of them seriously, in a knife attack near Tel Aviv. The attack took place in the middle of the street and in several locations in Holon, a city in the suburbs of Tel Aviv. The suspect in this “alleged terrorist attack”, a West Bank resident, was quickly “neutralized” by a police officer who arrived at the scene. 

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After the knife attack, a 70-year-old woman was seriously injured and died of her injuries. Among the injured, a 70-year-old man is in critical condition, a 68-year-old man is seriously injured, and the third, aged 26, is in moderate condition. “It was a complex and difficult terrorist attack, with the victims located in three different locations, approximately 500 meters from each other,” said emergency services on site. 

High tensions

This attack comes in a context of high tensions in the Middle East, following threats of retaliation by Iran, Palestinian Hamas and Lebanese Hezbollah the assassination Wednesday in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, attributed to Israel, and after an Israeli strike Tuesday that killed Hezbollah military leader Fouad Chokr near the Lebanese capital.