Grenade Attack on Northern Israel Restaurant Kills One, Injures Three

The attack occurred shortly before 2:00 PM during busy daylight hours. According to Magen David Adom, the woman sustained life-threatening injuries and died after being evacuated to Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa under resuscitation efforts. Two other individuals, a man and a woman in their 50s, were moderately wounded, and a fourth person was lightly injured. The wounded were transported to Rambam and the Italian Hospital in Nazareth.

While early reports described the target as a business or a restaurant, Ali Zeidan, the head of the Kafr Manda local council, told Haaretz that the grenade was thrown at a candy store. A second grenade was thrown at a hardware store, causing damage but no injuries, while Mako reported that an undetonated grenade had been neutralized at a village business the previous day. Witnesses described a powerful explosion that caused widespread panic and glass to fly everywhere.

The Israel Police have launched an investigation into the incident. Preliminary police assessments suggest the assailants may have targeted the establishment because it was owned by a relative of their intended target, whom they could not find. Village sources suggested the attack might be linked to recent indictments over local shooting incidents, amid what residents described as a month-long escalation of shootings and grenade attacks in the town.