A Palestinian man killed one girl and injured as much as 18 others in a stabbing and car-ramming assault within the central Israeli metropolis of Raanana immediately, Israeli media mentioned.

‘A wounded girl who arrived in a vital situation after having been hit by a automobile has died of her accidents regardless of our efforts to save lots of her,’ mentioned an announcement from Meir hospital, close to Raanana. 

Military Radio mentioned the incident might have been a car-jacking throughout which the stolen automobile crashed, citing witness testimony. 

An official police assertion mentioned the suspect had been detained and the incident is now being investigated. 

The suspected attacker was described as a Palestinian from the West Financial institution metropolis of Hebron, with police telling Israeli media he stole a complete of three vehicles.

A second man, a relative of the suspect has additionally been arrested. 

The incident got here amid heightened safety tensions over Israel’s conflict with Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza.

Eli Levy, police spokesperson, instructed Military Radio: ‘We nonetheless can not declare with certainty that this was a terrorist assault.’

He mentioned he it was additionally unclear precisely how many individuals had been concerned within the incident.