Tehran – A second operation took place in the Israeli port city of Haifa.
Israeli media reported Monday that a stinging attack occurred in Haifa, resulting in the deaths of settlers and multiple injuries.
There were contradictory reports about the nature of the incident.
According to Israeli emergency services, the attack occurred at a bus stop near a shopping centre in Haifa.
This was confirmed by similar reports of an attack occurring at the entrance to Lev Hamiflats Mall in Haifa.
It led to the death of one settler and the injuries of four others, three of whom are in crisis. The attacker was also “neutralized” (killed).
Some Israeli media claimed that the second attacker was shot on the scene. However, police later said that the second individual shot and killed “may not have been the perpetrator.”
Israeli media later revealed that one of the seriously injured individuals was in fact a security guard who was mistakenly identified as the attacker.
The first reports suggest that two attackers were involved and one was shot while security forces continued searching for the other.
Israeli police have since locked down the area and worked to manage the situation, ensuring there is no further threat.
An Israeli source told Hebrew media that the perpetrator was a 20-year-old man from the 1948 territory city of Shefaam. Sources added that he comes from a Druze faction and holds German citizenship.
This operation occurs as Israeli regime spread violence in the occupied West Bank and blocks a vulnerable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas said the operation was a “natural response to ongoing professional crime.”
The group issued the following statement:
“The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) celebrates the heroic operation carried out by one of our people’s heroes at the occupied central bus stop in Haifa on the morning of Monday 3 March 2025.
The operation comes as a natural response to the ongoing crimes of occupation against our people against the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem, including escalating killings, destruction, forced evacuation in refugee camps in the north West Bank, the ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip, the continuing siege project in the Jordan Valley and the continued termination of the Jordan Valley.
In this blessed month of Ramadan, a month of victory and cruel war, we call the occupied interior to escalate conflicts with the West Bank, Al-Kud (Jerusalem), and the enemies, and engage in resistance by any means. Resistance continues until the lands and sacred sites are released and the occupying people are expelled, and an independent Palestinian state is established with Al-Quds as its capital. ”
A double attack occurred near Hadera in Haifa district on Thursday with both a stab wound and a vehicle charge.
The attack wounded ten people before the assailant was killed.
Reports show that one of the victims was in danger. The attacker reportedly ran several people before leaving the vehicle and stabbing others, eventually crashing into police patrols.
The attack occurred on Pardes Hanna-Karkur Road, northeast of Hadera, where two officers were also stabbed.
Israeli police said the attackers drove hundreds of meters after the initial charge before colliding with a police vehicle.