Two attacks by Palestinians, including a stabbing at an office building in Tel Aviv, have killed five people, intensifying a two month-long wave of violence.
Much of the recent unrest has focused on the West Bank city of Hebron, a frequent flashpoint. But the attack in Israel’s economic hub of Tel Aviv returned the violence to the Israeli heartland.
Israel has beefed up security across the country in recent weeks in light of the attacks.
A knife-wielding Palestinian man fatally stabbed two Israeli men in a southern Tel Aviv office building before being apprehended, police and witnesses said.
Later authorities said three people, including one Israeli, were killed and six wounded in a shooting and vehicle attack in the West Bank. The identities of the victims were not immediately clear.
Police said the stabbing took place in a shop on the second floor of an expansive office building where a group of Israelis had gathered to hold prayers. Shimon Vaknin, a witness, told reporters that a bloodied man stumbled into the room where he was praying with companions.
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