- Title: Three people killed in suspected Palestinian attack in Israel
- Date: 5th May 2022
- Summary: ELAD, ISRAEL (MAY 5, 2022) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF INVESTIGATION TEAM NEAR THE VEHICLE WHERE THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE AMBULANCE ISRAELI FORCES AT SCENE OF ATTACK AMBULANCE (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) WITNESS, HAIM DAVIDA, SAYING: "My son who was outside the building entered inside and started shouting "terrorists are outside." We went out and we saw them attacking people. What happened, I ran to the man who had an injury in his head, I did first aid and I stopped the bleeding. The people who were here ran after the terrorists wishing to catch them." HELICOPTER IN SKY ABOVE SCENE, SEARCHING PARAMEDICS AT SCENE ISRAELI ARMY FORCES NEAR THE SCENE
- Embargoed: 19th May 2022 22:37
- Keywords: Elad Israel Palestinians attack
- Location: ELAD, ISRAEL
- City: ELAD, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001609505052022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:At least three people were killed in what police suspect was a Palestinian attack in the central city of Elad on Thursday (May 5), Israel's independence day.
Police investigators and ambulances were at the scene of the attack on Thursday night, and a helicopter flew overhead.
Witnesses and emergency responders said the attackers used axes.
Police set up roadblocks to try to catch the assailants who fled the scene, about 15 km (9 miles) from Tel Aviv. On television, Elad's mayor urged residents to stay indoors while security forces were still operating.
Health officials said three people were killed and two others were being treated with serious slash wounds.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA quoted him as saying "the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians will only lead to more deterioration of the situation."
There has been a spate of Arab street attacks in Israel in recent weeks.
Prior to Elad, Palestinians and members of Israel's Arab minority had killed 15 people, including three police officers and a security guard, in attacks in Israel and the West Bank that have mostly targeted civilians.
Israel has responded with arrest raids in Palestinian towns and villages which have often sparked clashes and brought the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year to at least 40.
Earlier on Thursday, confrontations again broke out between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, though they were far more limited than clashes that had erupted weekly over the past month.
Jewish visitors were allowed into the area on Thursday after their entrance to the site had been suspended for the last 10 days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Al-Aqsa mosque is Islam's third-holiest site. The compound is Judaism’s holiest site and the vestige of two ancient Jewish temples.
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