Israel Captures Two Palestinians Who Stabbed Three To Death

Israeli forces have arrested two Palestinians who killed three people in a stabbing attack last week and fled the scene near Tel Aviv.

The police, army, and domestic security agency said in a joint statement on Sunday; “The two terrorists who murdered three Israeli civilians in the deadly attack in the city of Elad have been caught.”

The two Palestinians, identified as Asad Yussef al-Rifai and Subhi Imad Sbeihat were caught near a quarry not far from Elad by special force units using helicopters and other means, the statement added.

According to Israeli forces, al-Rifai and Sbeihat also wounded four others with a knife and an axe.

The stabbing is the latest in a series of deadly assaults deep inside the country in recent weeks. It came as Israeli-Palestinian tensions were already heightened by violence and repeated incursions by Israeli forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

At least 18 Israelis have been killed in five attacks, including another stabbing rampage in southern Israel, two shootings in the Tel Aviv area, and gunfire last weekend at an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank.