A man of about 70 was murdered Monday morning and a second man was injured in a terror attack at Hatishbi Junction near Yokne'am in northern Israel.
A Magen David Adom (MDA) spokesperson said first responders are providing medical treatment to a man of about 20 who is in moderate condition and conscious. A second man, aged about 70, was critically injured and unconscious, and was soon declared dead at the scene.
The terror attack took place at a bus stop, when the terrorist attempted to ram civilians and then exited his vehicle with a rifle and opened fire at civilians.
Initial findings show that the terrorist was driving on the road near Hatishbi Junction when he saw a man of about 20 at the bus stop and hit him with his vehicle. Afterwards, the terrorist exited the vehicle and stabbed him with a knife. The injuries from the stabbing were significant.
Israel Police Commissioner Danny Levi said that the terrorist, an Arab Israeli, took the rifle from the soldier who was injured and fired towards a vehicle driving on the other side of the road. The driver himself was not injured by the shooting, but his father of about 70, who was traveling beside him, was murdered on the spot. Footage of the attack shows the terrorist armed and running with the rifle before being neutralized.
The IDF confirmed: "An IDF soldier was severely injured in a terrorist attack at Hatishbi Junction earlier today (Monday). The soldier was evacuated to hospital to receive medical treatment. His family has been notified."
Security forces are searching the area for others potentially involved in the attack.
MDA paramedic Moshiko Amsalem said: "This was a difficult incident. We were called to the scene of a bus stop terror attack at Hatishbi Junction. When we arrived at the scene, we immediately saw two injured victims, one aged 75 in critical condition with penetrative wounds, and another victim aged 20 in moderate condition and also suffering penetrative wounds. We immediately began providing them with medical treatment, which included stopping the bleeding and bandaging them."
MDA paramedic Ofer Winnick, who heads the Yokne'am station, said, "This was a difficult scene. We arrived at the scene and saw near the bus stop a man of about 70 and a man of about 20 suffering penetrative wounds to their bodies. We performed medical examinations on the man of about 70; he had no heartbeat and was not breathing, and unfortunately we were forced to declare his death at the scene."
"Additional MDA teams provided medical treatment to the 20-year-old man, who was fully conscious, and evacuated him urgently to the hospital in a mobile ICU unit, in serious and unstable condition."