Israeli army says one person killed in stabbing attack in mall
We’ve been reporting on a stabbing attack at a mall in the northern Israeli city of Karmiel. The Israeli army said one soldier, identified as Alexander Yakiminski, died after being stabbed in the attack. It added that another soldier sustained injuries.
Authorities earlier said those who were stabbed were taken to hospital and were in serious condition.
Family of Palestinian accused attacker taken in for questioning
Family members of Joud Rabia, who was accused of conducting an attack at a shopping centre in northern Israel and has been pronounced dead, have been taken by Israeli authorities in for questioning. This is a common tactic of collective punishment used by the Israeli military against Palestinians. We don’t know if they have been released.
Israel’s Ynet news site named the accused attacker as Joud Rabia from Nahaf, an Israeli town where many Palestinian citizens of Israel live.
