2 Israelis killed in ramming, stabbing attack in Beit She’an, police say

By Abdel Raouf Arnaout and Mohammad Sio

JERUSALEM / ISTANBUL (AA)— Two Israelis were killed and two others wounded in a ramming and stabbing attack Friday in the northern Israeli city of Beit She'an, Israeli police said.

Preliminary findings indicate that the incident began when a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Beit She’an, followed by the stabbing of a young woman along Highway 71, police said in a statement.

The suspect was later “neutralized” by a passerby near a student housing intersection in the city of Afula, the statement said.

Police said the attacker is a Palestinian from the occupied West Bank. He was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries, and investigations are underway at all locations linked to the attack, Israel Police said.