Two unidentified attacker have assaulted passers-by with firearms and axes in the Israeli city of Elad. In the attack, 3 people lost their lives and at least 4 people were injured, 1 of them seriously. Local sources stated that the suspects fled the scene after the attack and the police launched a helicopter-assisted operation to catch the attackers. Eyewitnesses told that one of the attackers used a firearm and the other used an axe or a large knife and two attackers fled the scene in a vehicle.