Four people were left injured after a Palestinian teenager went on a stabbing spree in twin attacks in Israel on 2 November. The first attack occurred in the town of Rishon LeZion near Tel Aviv with the second attack occurring hours later in Netanya.
The accused, a 19-year-old Palestinian from Hebron in the West Bank was arrested after his stabbing spree, which began with an 80-year-old elderly woman being attacked on a bus in Rishon LeZion. The teenager next stabbed two other women, one on the street and another inside a shop, before he was finally caught.
While the elderly woman suffered damaged blood vessels and a hip fracturing in the Rishon LeZion attack, the Netanya attack also left an elderly, 71-year-old man with serious injuries. A 23-year-old Palestinian from another West Bank city was found responsible for the second attack.
The attacks on 2 November took place after a knife-wielding 18-year-old Palestinian, identified as Mahmoud Talal Mahmoud Nazzal, was reportedly shot dead by Israeli troops at a northern West Bank checkpoint when he tried to attack a soldier.
Meanwhile, Palestinian security forces conducted a military salute during a funeral ceremony in the West Bank for two Palestinians who were shot dead by Israeli military. Tensions have been rife in the region since mid-September over prayer rules at the Temple Mount or al-Haram al-Sharif, as is known to Muslims, in Jerusalem. An estimated 11 Israelis and 66 Palestinians have so far been killed in the attacks.
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