•Members of Israeli security and emergency services deployed at the site of a stabbing attack at a central bus station in Haifa today
A stabbing attack today at a transport station in the Israeli city of Haifa left one person dead and several wounded, medics said, in what police called a “terror attack” whose perpetrator was killed.
The attack came with negotiations between Israel and Hamas Palestinian militants over Gaza’s ceasefire stalled after the deal’s first phase ended on the weekend, reports AFP.
“Paramedics and EMTs have pronounced the death of a man around 70 years old and are providing medical treatment to and evacuating four injured individuals”, Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service said.
It said a man and woman around 30 years of age, as well as a 15-year-old boy, were seriously injured.
The attack took place at a bus and train station in Haifa, a large coastal city in northern Israel home to a mixed Jewish and Arab population.
Israel blocked the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza yesterday after a disagreement with the Palestinian Islamist movement over extending the ceasefire.
