Two people dead in stabbing, car-ramming attack in Israel

Al JazeeraEN 2 min read 100% complete by Al JazeeraDecember 26, 2025 at 02:49 PM

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On December 26, 2025, a Palestinian man from the Israeli-occupied West Bank carried out a deadly stabbing and car-ramming attack in northern Israel, killing two people. The attacker first rammed his vehicle into people in Beit Shean, killing a 68-year-old man, before fatally stabbing a 20-year-old woman near a highway. A teenage boy was also hospitalized with minor wounds. The attacker was shot and wounded by a civilian bystander near Afula and taken to a hospital. The incident occurred a day after an Israeli army reservist rammed his vehicle into a Palestinian man praying on the roadside in the West Bank. The Israeli military stated the attacker had infiltrated into Israeli territory several days prior.

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Key Player Opposition Context

Afula 40% Gaza Strip 40% Beit Shean 50% Israeli police ×260% Israeli military ×260% West Bank ×270% Palestinian ×680% Israel ×790%

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car-ramming attack 90% stabbing attack 90% israel 80% palestinian 70% west bank 60% violence 50% israeli-occupied 50% israeli military 40% civilian bystander 40%

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Al Jazeera

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Israel

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