{"id":57485,"date":"2026-11-14T16:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/57485\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:13:19","slug":"woman-killed-3-wounded-in-grenade-attack-on-northern-israel-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/57485\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman killed, 3 wounded in grenade attack on northern Israel restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lina Qassem (Zidan), a woman in her 60s from Daliyat al-Karmel, was killed Saturday after unidentified assailants threw a fragmentation grenade at a pastry shop in the northern Israeli Arab town of Kafr Manda, wounding three other people. Qassem, who had stopped to buy sweets, was fatally injured in front of her husband, who was also wounded after the attackers ran him over. Her death marks the 200th homicide in Israel’s Arab community in 2026 and the 20th woman killed this year.<\/p>\n

Magen David Adom emergency medical personnel evacuated Qassem in critical condition, along with a man and a woman in their 50s who were moderately wounded and another man who sustained minor injuries, to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa and the Italian Hospital in Nazareth. Qassem was pronounced dead in Rambam’s trauma room about an hour later. “When we arrived, we saw a commotion and several injured people,” MDA emergency medical technician Iyad Hibi said. “We were told they had been injured by a grenade.” Hibi said paramedics immediately began resuscitation efforts, including chest compressions, assisted ventilation and administering medication, before rushing the critically wounded woman to the hospital.<\/p>\n

‘We saw glass flying everywhere’: woman killed, 3 wounded in grenade attack on restaurant in northern Israel<\/p>\n

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Unidentified assailants threw a fragmentation grenade at a restaurant in Kafr Manda<\/p>\n

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An injured woman at the scene of the grenade attack in Kafr Manda<\/p>\n

Police later announced the arrest of three suspects in connection with the attack and said they had located a concealed vehicle believed to have been used by the perpetrators. Police Commissioner Danny Levy visited the scene and was briefed on the attack and the arrests. “Northern District police officers and Border Police forces launched a large-scale operation following the grenade attack, using various resources, and arrested three suspects involved in the incident,” police said. “The vehicle used to carry out the crime was found hidden.” Police added that Levy had instructed officers to take all necessary measures and deploy available forces and resources to apprehend everyone involved.<\/p>\n

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The scene of the grenade attack in Kfar Manda<\/p>\n

The motive remains under investigation. According to preliminary assessments in the town, the attackers may have been searching for a specific target and, after failing to locate that person, attacked a business belonging to one of the intended target’s relatives. In a separate incident, another grenade was thrown at a different location in Kafr Manda, with footage of the attack circulating online. Residents said several shootings and grenade attacks had occurred in recent days, some of them filmed by the perpetrators and posted on social media.<\/p>\n

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Damage inside the restaurant following the grenade attack in Kafr Manda<\/p>\n

The area typically attracts large numbers of visitors on Saturdays. “The explosion shook the entire area. We thought a missile had struck,” visitors who witnessed the attack said. “We saw glass flying everywhere, people running, women and children crying. We rushed to take cover. If we had been any closer, we could have been killed.” Some Kafr Manda residents said the attack was a tragedy waiting to happen, pointing to a month of shootings at homes and grenade attacks by unidentified assailants.<\/p>\n

The homicide rate in Israel’s Arab community has historically been higher than in the Jewish population, but the number of killings has surged in recent years. In 2018, 71 people were killed in the Arab community, compared with 244 in 2023, 237 in 2024 and 255 in 2025. With Qassem’s death, the number of homicide victims in the Arab community has once again reached 200 this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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