Two IDF soldiers sustained light injuries in a stabbing attack on the Gush Etzion – Hebron Highway in the area of el-Aroub. B’chasdei Hashem their injuries are described as light.
The Palestinian terrorist was neutralized. The soldiers were transported to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.
Update: The terrorist is reportedly a 35-year-old resident of el-Aroub whose 54-year-old brother was killed by IDF soldiers a few months ago after he tried attacking them with an axe.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo: שיתוף חדשות און ליין via Media Resource Group)
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I hope they remembered to b gentle with the poor hapless terrorist
this could’ve been averted if the soldiers could fire from a distance but after the incident with Elor Azaria and his persectution soldiers wait longer now.