[UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE]

12:34: Preliminary reports of a stabbing attack in Kiryat Arba. Appears a policeman is the victim. More to follow.

12:42: The location of the stabbing attack is the same as the attack on Thursday in which the victim was seriously wounded, the western gate of Kiryat Arba.

The victim in the latest attack is a border policeman, who sustained light injuries. The attacker tried to grab his weapon and run. The attacker was shot dead. The victim is being treated.

12:47: A border police patrol detected a suspicious Arab male. One policeman got out to check and was stabbed. Another officer fired at the attacker, killing him.

13:40: The terrorist has been identified, coming from a known Hamas family in PA-occupied Hebron.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)