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| Two Israelis stabbed to death in Tel Aviv | Two Israelis stabbed to death in Tel Aviv |
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| Two Israelis have been killed and one other wounded in a knife attack by a Palestinian man in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, Israeli police say. | |
| A witness told the BBC that the stabbings took place at the entrance to a shop that serves as a synagogue, where prayers were taking place. | A witness told the BBC that the stabbings took place at the entrance to a shop that serves as a synagogue, where prayers were taking place. |
| The assailant was held by passers-by until police arrived. | |
| A wave of violence over the past two months has claimed the lives of 14 Israelis and dozens of Palestinians. | A wave of violence over the past two months has claimed the lives of 14 Israelis and dozens of Palestinians. |
| Many of the Palestinian fatalities were attackers in near-daily stabbings of Israelis, shot by their victims or security forces. | Many of the Palestinian fatalities were attackers in near-daily stabbings of Israelis, shot by their victims or security forces. |
| The surge in violence began in September when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over, amid rumours that Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex. Israel has repeatedly denied such claims. | The surge in violence began in September when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over, amid rumours that Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex. Israel has repeatedly denied such claims. |
| Search for accomplices | |
| Thursday's attack took place in a busy commercial building on Ben Tzvi road in southern Tel Aviv. | |
| One of the victims, a man in his 20s, was declared dead at the scene by the Magen David Adom ambulance service. | |
| The second was rushed to Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. | |
| The assailant, who police said was a 24-year-old man from the village of Dura in the occupied West Bank, was reportedly lightly wounded and is in custody. | |
| Police said they believed he had acted alone, but were nevertheless searching for possible accomplices. | |
| It is the first attack by a Palestinian on Israelis since Friday, when a rabbi and his son were shot dead south of the West Bank city of Hebron, according to the Haaretz newspaper. | |
| The last attack in central Israel, it reports, was two-and-a-half weeks ago, when four people were stabbed and wounded in Rishon Lezion and Netanya. |