2 die from suspected knife attack in central Israel

The death toll from a suspected stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, central Israel, has risen to two as another person died from his injuries, Israeli media reported.

Another illegal settler was pronounced dead at Wolfson Hospital in Holon, in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

Earlier it reported that a 70-year-old woman died due to injuries sustained in the attack, while a 60-year-old man was critically injured, a 30-year-old man was seriously injured, and a 26-year-old man was moderately injured.

The attacker was “neutralized” at the scene, it added.

Tension has been running high in the Occupied West Bank amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which killed nearly 40,000 people since 7 October, 2023.

At least 600 Palestinians, including at least 133 children, have since been killed and nearly 5,400 others injured by Israeli army fire in the Occupied Territory, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.

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