Manhunt after three killed in mass stabbing near Tel Aviv

Police said they were searching for two suspects, aged 19 and 20, from the town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank

Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand behind police tape after a stabbing attack in the town of Elad. Picture: AP

Israeli security forces are hunting for two Palestinians suspected of carrying out a stabbing rampage near Tel Aviv that left three Israelis dead.

The stabbing in the town of Elad on Thursday, Israel’s Independence Day, was the latest in a series of deadly assaults deep inside the country in recent weeks.