Attacker Stabs Guard at U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv

An Israeli man wielding an ax and a knife attacked and lightly wounded an Israeli security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday before he was apprehended at the scene, police said.

The AP reports that the man, in his early 40s, attacked the guard outside the embassy gates, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. He said the man’s motive was unknown, but political motives were not suspected and the incident had nothing to do with Israel’s battle with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. U.S. Embassy spokesman Geoff Anisman said the “situation in under control.”

{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}