The attack began in Beit She'an, a town in Israel near the northern border of the West Bank, where a 68-year-old man was killed after being hit by the attacker's car, Israeli police said in a statement.
The 34-year-old Palestinian assailant continued driving and later stabbed an 18-year-old woman to death near the highway. A teenage boy was slightly injured after being hit. In Afula, a passerby finally managed to shoot the attacker, who was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Following the attack, the Israeli army, on the orders of Defense Minister Israel Katz, conducted a raid on the attacker's home village of Qabatiya. The suspect's house was searched and will be demolished by the military. Several young men were also reportedly detained and a curfew was imposed, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Friday's attack came just days after Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the Qabatiya area. The incident is being investigated internally by the military after images showed that the teenager did not appear to have posed any threat to the soldiers.
On Thursday, an Israeli reservist, dressed in civilian clothes, on a quad bike, is also suspected of deliberately running over a Palestinian man who was sitting and praying by the side of the road in the West Bank. A video circulating on social media shows the incident.
