The attack took place on Sunday morning in Holon area of Tel Aviv. The attacker has been "neutralised" by the police and is suspected to be a Palestnian militant.

As per Israeli authorities, the attacker is suspected to have been a Palestinian from West Bank.

The victim has been identified as a 66-year-old woman and another senior citizen in his 70s.

Along with these two victims, a 68-year-old person and 26-year-old person were also injured in the knife attack and are undergoing treatment at a hospital nearby.

"Large police forces are present at the scene and are conducting extensive searches with a helicopter and additional resources," police said in a statement, adding that the attacker was shot and "neutralized".

"This was a complex and difficult terror attack. The casualties were at three separate locations, approximately 500 meters from each other,” Magen David Adom ambulance service medics added.

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As per Israeli first responders, the first attack took place at the entrance to a park on Moshe Dayan Street. A couple - Rina Daniv and her husband, Shimon Daniv, 68, were attacked. Rina was declared dead at the scene of the crime and her husband was seriously injured.

The second stabbing took place at a bus stop adjacent to a gas station where a 70-year-old man was attacked.

As per MDA, the last victim, 26-year-old Yakov Libertov was stabbed at a bus parking lot on Dan Shomron Street.

As per Israeli media, the attacker has been identified as a 34-year-old Palestinian man from West Bank. The attacker, from Salfit, entered Israel without permission and killed two people by stabbing them. Following the knife attack, Israeli forces closed the entrance of Salfit.