Two Killed in Northern Israel Car-Ramming and Stabbing Attack

📌Key Points

• •A Palestinian man carried out a car-ramming and stabbing attack in northern Israel on Friday, killing two Israelis.
• •The attack began in Beit She'an, where a 68-year-old man was killed by ramming, and continued on a highway where a young woman (aged 17-20) was fatally stabbed.
• •At least two other people, including a 16-year-old boy, sustained injuries during the attack.
• •The attacker, an 'illegal resident' from Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank, was shot and hospitalized after being confronted by a civilian or security officer.
• •Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered a military operation in the attacker's hometown of Qabatiya, citing the need to target 'terrorist infrastructure.'
• •The incident comes amid heightened tensions and ongoing Israeli military operations in the West Bank.