In brief
In a shocking display of violence described as a 'rolling terror attack,' two people were killed in northern Israel. The assailant began the assault by running over a pedestrian in Beit Shean before proceeding to stab a woman in Ein Harod. The attacker was identified as a Palestinian Authority resident from the occupied West Bank. Both victims were significantly younger than the attacker and are now mourned by their communities.
Two people have been killed in what police say was a rolling terror attack in northern Israel.
Police reported that the attacker first ran over a pedestrian in the eastern city of Beit Shean, then drove on before stabbing a woman near Ein Harod, approximately 8 miles (12.5km) away.
The attacker was shot and wounded by a civilian bystander. Authorities have stated that the suspect is a resident of the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank.
According to Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service, the victim killed in Beit Shean was a 68-year-old man, while the victim stabbed in Ein Harod was an 18-year-old woman.
