An elderly woman was killed and 17 people were injured, including at least seven children and teenagers, in a car-ramming and stabbing attack by two Palestinian terrorists in the central Israel city of Ra’anana early on Monday afternoon,” Report informs, citing The Times of Israel.
During the attack, the perpetrators—two West Bank Palestinians who were working in Israel illegally—seized three vehicles and rammed pedestrians in several locations in the city, also stabbing one or more of their victims, according to police, medics, and eyewitnesses.
Meir Hospital said a woman in her 70s, who arrived in critical condition, succumbed to her wounds. She was later named Edna Bluestein, 79, from Ra’anana.
The two suspects were named Ahmed Zidat, 25, and Mahmoud Zidad, 44, both residents of the southern West Bank town of Bani Naim, close to Hebron. According to the Shin Bet, both had been blacklisted for entering Israel illegally numerous times in the past.