Officials at Assaf HaRofeh Hospital on Tuesday 1 Rosh Chodesh Adar I report the 11-year-old boy injured in the stabbing incident in Ramle on Monday is improving.

Hospital officials state the youth’s condition has improved slightly and he remains in a pediatric intensive care unit, listed in moderate condition.

The victim was stabbed by an attacker who used scissors. A 17-year-old Arab male, a resident of Ramle, has been arrested in the case. Police have yet to announced if the attack was an act of terror or not.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)