Overview
- Israeli police described a “rolling terror attack” that began in Beit Shean with a car‑ramming and continued with a fatal stabbing near Ein Harod/Afula.
- The victims were identified as Shimshon Mordechai and Aviv Maor, and paramedics pronounced both dead at the scenes.
- A 16‑year‑old boy sustained minor injuries after being hit by a vehicle during the sequence, according to Magen David Adom.
- The attacker, identified as a resident of Qabatiya who entered Israel several days earlier, was shot by a civilian near Maonot Junction and taken to hospital.
- Following Defense Minister Israel Katz’s directive, the IDF said it launched an operation in Qabatiya, as separate West Bank developments included a reservist ramming a Palestinian and five settlers arrested over an attack that injured an infant.