Illustrative: Israeli security personnel stand guard in the aftermath of a violent Palestinian terror attack near Jerusalem, Nov. 16, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Two Palestinians carried out coordinated car-rammings in central Israel on Monday, killing a woman and injuring 17 other people, police and medical officials said, as tensions soared over the more than three-month-old war in the Gaza Strip.
Police described the incident in Raanana, north of Tel Aviv, as a terrorist attack and said two suspects were under arrest. The two are from the same family in Hebron, a city in the West Bank, and entered Israel illegally, police said.
“They went out together and in parallel, to two different locations, took two cars and launched a series of rammings,” central district police chief Avi Biton told reporters in Raanana, a city north of Tel Aviv where the incident took place.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
At least one of the vehicles had been stolen, police said earlier.
Israeli TV showed scattered personal items on a pavement and said several children were among the injured.
