UPDATE - 2 die from suspected knife attack in central Israel

CHANGES HEADLINE, LEDE; UPDATES DEATH TOLL, ADDS DETAILS

By Ikram Kouachi

The death toll from a suspected stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, central Israel, has risen to two as another person died from his injuries, Israeli media reported.

Another illegal settler was pronounced dead at Wolfson Hospital in Holon, in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

Earlier it reported that a 70-year-old woman died due to injuries sustained in the attack, while a 60-year-old man was critically injured, a 30-year-old man was seriously injured, and a 26-year-old man was moderately injured.

The attacker was “neutralized” at the scene, it added.

Tensions have been running high across the occupied Palestinian territories amid a deadly Israeli offensive that has killed nearly 40,000 people in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7.

At least 600 Palestinians have since been killed and nearly 5,400 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank, according to the Health Ministry.

In a landmark opinion on July 19, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian land "illegal" and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.