Haifa in Israel
Man attacks people with a knife: a dead man, a seriously injured person
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In Israel, a second attack hit the city of Haifa within days. First an attacker drove into a group by car, now another has reached the knife.
According to the emergency services, stomach David Adom killed a person and four others were injured in an attack in the Israeli port city of Haifa. According to the information, a man with a knife attacked people on a central bus station. The attacker was shot. According to the emergency services, the dead person was an approximately 70-year-old.
A teenager was seriously injured. A police spokesman said that the assassin was an Israeli Arab.
The German ambassador in Israel, Steffen Seibert, wrote in a post on the platform X: “Another terrible, clever terrorist attack, this time in Haifa.” His thoughts are with the victims. “People on both sides have to oppose such unexcused crimes.”
Hamas praises the attack in Haifa
The Islamist terrorist organization Hamas, on the other hand, praised the attack in a statement as “heroic”. She called on the Palestinians for further acts of violence against Israel. The knife attack in Haifa is a “natural reaction to the crimes of the occupying power against our people in West Bank, in Gaza and Jerusalem”.
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Daniella Gilboa, 20 years old, soldier. According to Israeli media, plays the piano and dreams of becoming a singer. On October 7, 2023, the army base was kidnapped in Nahal OZ. Gilboa was always seen in the hostage videos spread by Hamas. The young woman said in one of them. In November rumors circulated that Gilboa was killed in an attack by the Israeli army. Israel did not confirm this claim at the time
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Already on Thursday near Haifa, 13 people were injured in a “alleged terrorist attack”. According to the police, a driver had rushed into a group of people with his car at an intersection. He could be stopped. According to the police, the man was a 53-year-old Palestinian from Dschenin in occupied West Bank, who was illegally in Israel.
Note: This article has been updated.
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