The two attackers were also shot dead in the incident in the coastal town of Hadera, a spokesman for the Zaka rescue service confirmed. According to paramedics, three other people were injured when two men suddenly opened fire on a street. The attack occurred shortly before the start of an Israeli summit meeting with four Arab states and US participation.
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco meet their Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in southern Israel on Monday. The representatives of the four Arab countries had already arrived on Sunday and received a ceremonial reception.
Only on Tuesday four people were killed in a terrorist attack in Beersheva in southern Israel, two men and two women. The assassin, a Bedouin from the Negev desert, was shot dead by passers-by. It was one of the deadliest attacks with Israeli casualties in recent years. In early 2017, a Palestinian drove his truck into a group of young soldiers in Jerusalem, killing four of them.
In the West Bank and in the Arab-influenced eastern part of Jerusalem, there have been increasing attacks by Palestinians in recent months. Several Palestinians were also killed in Israeli raids. A further escalation during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is feared. Israel conquered the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. The Palestinians claim the territories for their own state with East Jerusalem as the capital.
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