Key takeaways:
- Two Israeli sisters were shot dead in the West Bank and an Italian tourist was killed in a car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv.
- Israel launched its biggest airstrikes on Lebanon in 17 years, and three rockets were launched from Syria toward Israeli territory.
- The recent violence in the region has raised concerns about a possible escalation of tensions.
Tensions remain high in the Middle East after a series of violent incidents in the region. On Saturday, two Israeli sisters were shot dead in the West Bank and an Italian tourist was killed in a car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv.
Israeli police said that the car plowed into a group of people near a popular bike and walking path in Tel Aviv and overturned. The driver, a 45-year-old resident of Kfar Kasem, was shot dead by a nearby police officer who noticed him “trying to reach for what looked like a rifle-like object,” police said.
The incident comes after Israel launched its biggest airstrikes on Lebanon in 17 years. On Saturday, the Israeli military reported that three rockets were launched from Syria toward Israeli territory, a rare attack from the country’s northeastern neighbor.
Only one rocket managed to cross into Israeli territory and landed in a field in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Fragments of another destroyed missile fell into Jordanian territory near the Syrian border, according to Jordan’s military.
The recent violence in the region has raised concerns about a possible escalation of tensions. The Israeli military said it was monitoring the situation and had deployed additional forces to the area.
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