Police work at the site following a stabbing attack in Holontaya777com, Israel, Aug. 4, 2024. A Palestinian knifeman killed an elderly woman and a man and injured two others in central Israel on Sunday morning before being shot dead by police, Israeli authorities said. (Yossi Zeliger/JINI via Xinhua)

JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian knifeman killed an elderly woman and a man and injured two others in central Israel on Sunday morning before being shot dead by police, Israeli authorities said.

According to a statement released by Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service, the assailant went out on a stabbing rampage during the morning rush hour in Holon, a suburb of Tel Aviv.

He first attacked a 26-year-old jogger who sustained minor injuries and then fatally wounded an elderly woman and a man in a park before proceeding to a gas station where he injured a 68-year-old man. Police said in a statement that an officer had neutralized the assailant at the scene.

The assailant was a resident of Salfit village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and entered Israel without a permit.■

Members of the Israeli emergency service work at the site following a stabbing attack in Holon, Israel, Aug. 4, 2024. A Palestinian knifeman killed an elderly woman and a man and injured two others in central Israel on Sunday morning before being shot dead by police, Israeli authorities said. (Yossi Zeliger/JINI via Xinhua)

Police work at the site following a stabbing attack in Holon, Israel, Aug. 4, 2024. A Palestinian knifeman killed an elderly woman and a man and injured two others in central Israel on Sunday morning before being shot dead by police, Israeli authorities said. (Yossi Zeliger/JINI via Xinhua)

Police work at the site following a stabbing attack in Holon, Israel, Aug. 4, 2024. A Palestinian knifeman killed an elderly woman and a man and injured two others in central Israel on Sunday morning before being shot dead by police, Israeli authorities said. (Yossi Zeliger/JINI via Xinhua)