At least 13 people were injured in a terrorist attack near Tel Aviv in Israel, according to emergency services.
Israeli police said that a suspect driving a stolen vehicle ran over several people in the city of Raanana, north of Tel Aviv.
Police described the incident as a “suspected terrorist ramming attack”, as the suspect changed vehicles three times.
Local media described the incident as a “car attack and stabbing.”
The police arrested a Palestinian from the city of Hebron in the West Bank.
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Photo of the car that crashed in Raanana near Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo: Magen David Adom (MDA)
A second man, said to be a relative from the same city, was also arrested.
The Israeli security agency Shin Bet was called to investigate the incident alongside the police.
The Times of Israel reported, citing hospital officials, that one of the injured, a 70-year-old woman, had died.
Israel's national ambulance service, Magen David Adom, said earlier that a 70-year-old woman was in critical condition.
They added that a 34-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were in serious condition, eight people were in “moderate” condition, and three were in “light” condition.
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Eli Raymond from Magen David Adom said: “We arrived at the scene with large forces, and we saw a number of people injured with varying degrees of injury.
“We immediately began providing medical care, including stopping bleeding, treatment, and administering medications. We evacuated the injured to receive further treatment in hospitals.”
Police said that 13 people were injured during the accident and were taken to hospital.
The incident comes amid escalating security tensions over the war that has been ongoing for more than three months between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
