Overview
- Police said a Palestinian driver ran over a pedestrian in Beit Shean, then fatally stabbed a young woman near Ein Harod before a civilian and security forces shot and wounded him near Afula.
- The victims were identified by Israeli outlets as Shimshon Mordechai and Aviv Maor; paramedics said both were pronounced dead at the scene and a teenage boy sustained minor injuries.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered immediate action in Qabatiya, and the IDF said troops launched an operation there following the attack.
- The military said the attacker, identified as a resident of Qabatiya, had infiltrated into Israeli territory several days earlier, intensifying scrutiny of security gaps along the barrier.
- In separate incidents heightening tensions, Israeli authorities arrested five settlers over an attack that injured an eight‑month‑old in Sair, and the army dismissed a reservist filmed ramming a Palestinian praying by a roadside.