An elderly woman, around 70 or 80 years old, was murdered in a terror stabbing attack outside a nursing home in Herzliya on Friday morning. Security guards neutralized the attacker before arresting him.
Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv confirmed that the woman was pronounced dead on arrival.
The Israel Police designated the incident as a terror attack after officers, along with MDA paramedics, arrived at the scene.
An initial investigation revealed that the terrorist was a Palestinian resident of the West Bank city of Tulkarm who had previously served a prison sentence in Israel.
According to Israeli media, the investigation, which is being conducted along with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), is working to ascertain how he managed to enter Israel.
The commander of Tel Aviv district police, Superintendent Haim Sargaroff, said that the security guards at the scene lept into action after they heard the terrorist shout “Allahu Akbar.”
Details of the attack
MDA Paramedic Idan Shina and MDA EMT Elon Boaron, who were the first to arrive at the scene, said teams arrived to find the elderly woman lying unconscious with stab wounds. The paramedics stopped the bleeding, resuscitated her, treated her with medication, and evacuated her.
The incident occurred on Herzliya’s Kdoshei Hashoah Street [Holocaust Martyrs Street].
“Aside from the woman, there were no other casualties,” said MDA spokesperson Zachi Heller after paramedics arrived at the scene.
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The Israel Police said that forces located and arrested the suspect and that Police Commissioner Danny Levy then arrived at the scene.
“The circumstances of the incident are being investigated,” the Police added.
