Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Friday that he had instructed the Israeli military to act “forcefully and immediately” against the northern West Bank village of Qabatiya. 

The comments came as Israeli news outlets reported that the perpetrator of an attack in Israel that killed two people was Ahmad Abu al-Rub, a 37-year-old from Qabatiya.

Two people were killed on Friday after an attacker rammed a 68-year-old man and then stabbed a young woman at two separate locations in northern Israel, local media reported.

Israel Police chief Danny Levy said the attacker was killed.