Tragic Mall Stabbing in Karmiel: Suspected Terror Attack Shakes Israel

On Wednesday, a suspected terror attack in an Israeli mall resulted in one death and another injury, with the assailant also shot dead by authorities. Medics initially treated two men, one critically injured and the other conscious. Rising violence in the region continues amidst ongoing conflicts.

One person was killed and another wounded in a stabbing attack in an Israeli mall on Wednesday in which the assailant was also shot dead, Israeli police and medics said.

Police said it was a suspected terror attack. Israeli medics told Reuters one of the two victims was pronounced dead after being rushed to hospital, and the attacker died at the mall in Karmiel, northern Israel.

Israeli medics said earlier on Wednesday they had treated two men in their 20s, one in a very serious condition and the other fully conscious. Video from the scene that was shared on social media and seen by Reuters showed two men lying motionless on the floor of the mall while people tried to give them urgent medical care.

At least one of the men receiving care was wearing a green uniform, the video showed. A third man, not in uniform, was lying motionless a short distance away. No one was administering care to him. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Israel is conducting a military offensive in Gaza in retaliation for the deadly Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7 last year. Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, already on the rise before the war in Gaza, has escalated further, with stepped-up Israeli military raids, settler violence and Palestinian street attacks.

In January, a Palestinian ramming attack in central Israel killed one woman and injured 12 others.

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