Israel on high alert for 7 October as it escalates Gaza and Lebanon conflicts
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suspected terror attack at the central bus station in Be’er Sheva
A young policewoman has been killed in a suspected terror attack in Israel, just hours before the anniversary of the October 7 attacks
In Israel, one woman was killed and 10 people were wounded in the suspected terror attack at the central bus station in Be’er Sheva, a city in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The assailant, identified as Ahmad al-Uqbi, 29 was killed by police
Photos and video posted on social media showed images of at least one person lying on the ground in a pool of blood next to a McDonald’s close to the bus station
In another video, gunshots could be heard as law enforcement officers ran through the station toward the shooting
After the attack, Miri Regev, Israel’s transportation minister, wrote on X that the family of the suspected attacker should be deported from the country,
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“The time has come for a deterrent punishment that prevents attacks on Israeli territory”
