Combined ramming and stabbing attacks were reported in Ra’anana on Monday afternoon.
Reports suggested there were separate incidents involving a car ramming into pedestrians and a stabbing in three separate locations.
First, two people were slightly injured after being run over on Haroshet Street, where a 66-year-old man was also seriously stabbed.
Then, eight people were injured to varying degrees, including a 70-year-old woman critically, a 34-year-old man, and a 16-year-old boy in serious condition with head injuries, as a result of the ramming on Ahuza Street, the main street of the city.
Three of the victims are in serious condition, seven are in moderate condition, and five are lightly injured.
The injured were taken to Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba and Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva.
Viola Hachmon, a paramedic for Magen David Adom (MDA) who provided first aid on Ahuza Street told The Jerusalem Post, “This is a very difficult event with many casualties. To my knowledge, everyone has already been evacuated to various hospitals, including those in critical condition.”
MDA paramedic Eli Raymond, who arrived at one of the scenes, said, “We arrived at the scene with large forces and began performing an initial triage and providing medical treatment to about eight wounded people with different degrees of injury.”
“Following an unusual incident currently in Ra’anana, police forces are on the scene, and the circumstances of the incident are being investigated,” Israel Police said in a statement. “The public is asked to be vigilant and obey the police officer’s instructions.”
Schools in the area were placed on lockdown, the mayor’s office announced after the attacks.
Initial media reports suggested that it could be criminal.
This is a developing story.
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