The police Central District Commander Avi Bitton says the Ra’anana terror attacks were carried out by two Palestinians from the Hebron area who had been working in the city’s industrial zone recently.
Both are under arrest and are being questioned, he says.
Both were in Israel illegally.
“This was a very grave terror attack,” Bitton says.
Bitton says the terrorists took control of two cars and carried out attacks at three locations in the city.
He says the first was apprehended very quickly and the second a few minutes later.
The police are not ruling out other suspects and are continuing to search the wider area.
Kobi Shabtai, the national police commissioner, praises the rapid and professional police response, including the closing off of the area.
He says the two suspects are relatives.
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