ATTACK NEAR TEL AVIV KILLS THREE, WOUNDS FOUR

Thu 05 May 2022:

At least three people were killed in a stabbing attack near Tel Aviv on Thursday night, according to Israeli medics.

According to police, the attacker left in a car. In the town of Elad, security personnel set up barricades in the area where the killings occurred.

The Magen David Adom emergency service said three people were killed and four others were wounded; two of the wounded were in serious condition.

BREAKING 🇮🇱Israel🇮🇱 Just in ‼️: 3 killed after a Stabbing attack in the City of Elad
♦️3 people confirmed dead
♦️1 critical
♦️2 in serious condition#Israel #Elad #Stabbing pic.twitter.com/Ay3nF3Njvz

— Zaid Ahmd  (@realzaidzayn) May 5, 2022

Police said the incident, which occurred as Israelis celebrated “independence day”, appeared to be a “terrorist attack”.

On television, Elad’s mayor urged citizens to remain indoors while security officers were still on the operation. The Haredim, Israel’s ultraorthodox Jewish population, make up the majority of Elad’s residents.

When Magen David Adom emergency service medic Alon Rizkan arrived at the scene in Elad, he described it as a “very difficult call.” He stated he found three bodies in separate areas and four others who were wounded, two of whom were critically injured.

Israeli Security Forces deploy UAV to track down terrorists in the Elad city after three innocent Israeli nationals were killed in a terrorist attack on 74th Independence Day of Israel. pic.twitter.com/t4jEIa66E4

— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) May 5, 2022

Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have risen in recent weeks, with Israeli strikes, military operations in the occupied West Bank, and violence at Jerusalem’s holiest site.

Israel marked its independence day on Thursday, a festive national holiday in which people typically hold barbecues and attend airshows. For Palestinians, the anniversary of Israel’s 1948 declaration of independence marks the Nakba, or catastrophe, when at least 750,000 people were violently and forcefully expelled from their homes and villages in historical Palestine.

Crowd gather on site of attack that killed at least three in central Israel: Crowd gather with emergency and security forces on the site of an attack that killed at least three people in the central Israeli city of Elad as the Jewish state marked its independence day. pic.twitter.com/uPbFvfhP6C

— World News 24 (@DailyWorld24) May 5, 2022

Police hunt for two suspects after three killed in deadly terror attack in Elad #Israel74 #Israel #IsraelIndependenceDay #Hamas #Gaza #Palestinian #terrorist pic.twitter.com/Ee3V5XxN7c

— Agencia AJN (@AgenciaAJN) May 5, 2022

#Israel. #Deadly attack in the city centre of #Elad. 3 dead, 1 person in critical condition. Authorities order residents to stay indoors.#MiddleEast #Terrorism #Hamas pic.twitter.com/SgJQmJdGk5

— Agencia AJN (@AgenciaAJN) May 5, 2022

#BREAKING: Footage of the ongoing manhunt in pursuit of the terrorists who killed at least 3 in #Elad, #Israel. pic.twitter.com/k0ZUEwjya4

— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) May 5, 2022

Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war and has established dozens of illegal settlements where nearly 500,000 settlers reside, often under heavy Israeli military protection. Settler attacks against Palestinians and their property are a regular occurrence in the West Bank, as well as in occupied East Jerusalem.

The Palestinian leadership wants the West Bank to be a part of a future state and sees illegal settlements as a serious obstacle to ending the conflict.

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