Reports coming in around noon today (Sunday) say there has been a pair of Arab-on-Israeli vehicle ramming attacks. Haaretz [“Three Wounded in Suspected Car-rammings in Northern Israeli City of Acre”] says an Israeli Border Guard officer and two soldiers were injured
in suspected car-rammings in two different incidents in the northern Israeli city of Acre. One person was wounded on Yehoshafat St., near the city’s outdoor market, and two others by the railway station downtown.
Here’s how Times of Israel describes the locations
The first victim was hit by the car outside the Acre city market. The driver then continued toward a train station and hit the other two victims.
There are varying reports about the attacker’s condition but agreement that he was shot by someone Israeli. Haaretz, quoting the police, says the
motivation behind the incident remains unknown.
We’ve just posted a shocking video via a tweet which makes it hard to believe this was anything other than an attempt to kill Israelis. See it here.
Other reports (we will be adding details) says three Israelis aged 20 were rushed to the Nahariya hospital. Via social media, we hear that two are in light-to-moderately injured condition; one is in critical condition.
Wikipedia says that Acre, called Akko by Israelis, is on
the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. The city occupies an important location, as it sits on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, traditionally linking the waterways and commercial activity with the Levant. The important land routes meeting here are the north–south one following the coast and the road cutting inland through the Plain of Esdraelon; Acre also benefits from one of the very rare natural harbours on the coast of the Land of Israel. This location helped it become one of the oldest cities in the world, continuously inhabited since the Middle Bronze Age some 4000 years ago. Acre is the holiest city of the Bahá’í Faith, and as such receives many Baha’i pilgrims. In 2016, the population was 47,808. Acre is a mixed city, that includes Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze and Baha’is…
More details about the attacks when we have them.
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