Woman Stabbed in Israel and National Security Minister Hurt in Car Crash

The car of Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is seen upturned after an accident in Ramle, Israel April 26, 2024 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
The car of Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is seen upturned after an accident in Ramle, Israel April 26, 2024 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Woman Stabbed in Israel and National Security Minister Hurt in Car Crash

The car of Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is seen upturned after an accident in Ramle, Israel April 26, 2024 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
The car of Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is seen upturned after an accident in Ramle, Israel April 26, 2024 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A young woman was stabbed and her attacker killed near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday, while the country's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was injured in a car crash as he returned from addressing journalists at the scene, officials said.

The young woman was stabbed in the city of Ramla and taken to hospital, police and paramedics said. They said the attacker was killed, without giving details.

"We received an injured woman from gunshot and stabbing wounds in her 20s," Ortal Sheffer, a doctor at the Shamir Medical Centre (Assaf Harofe) said in a video statement shared by the hospital.

According to Agence France Presse, Sheffer did not specify how the woman sustained the gunshot wounds, but said she was in a stable condition.

On his way back from addressing journalists at the scene, minister Ben Gvir and three other people were injured in a spectacular car crash.

"Four additional injuries arrived as a result of the overturning of a vehicle, including Minister Itamar Ben Gvir," Sheffer said.

They "arrived in light conditions" but will remain in hospital for overnight supervision, Sheffer added.

An AFP photographer at the scene saw two damaged cars, one which had flipped over. Israeli media reported Ben Gvir had been travelling in this vehicle.

Police said the traffic department was investigating an "accident in Ramla involving two vehicles, including the vehicle of the Minister of National Security."



Cyprus Looking at ICC Arrest Warrants, Says Its Decisions are Binding

FILE PHOTO: The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
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Cyprus Looking at ICC Arrest Warrants, Says Its Decisions are Binding

FILE PHOTO: The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

Cyprus, which has close ties with Israel, considers arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) as binding in principle, a government source told Reuters on Friday.
The ICC on Thursday issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a former Israeli defense minister and a leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas for alleged crimes against humanity, reported Reuters.
"The decision is being studied and we have no comment on that. As a matter of principle, the decisions of the International Criminal Court are both respected, and binding," said the government source, requesting anonymity.