[Updates below.] An Israeli soldier has been wounded in a stabbing attack in Chevron this morning that continued a wave of similar attacks beginning approximately one month ago.
The victim is a member of the IDF’s Kfir Brigade.
The Palestinian attacker was reportedly shot and killed on the scene by a border policeman.
Update: The policeman is said to have been lightly wounded.
The officer was stabbed in the head.
Update, 9:39 a.m.: The attack did not take place in Chevron proper, but at Turn 160 on the road connecting Kiryat Arba to Chevron.
The terrorist is a a 23-year-old resident of Chevron.
The attacker tried to stab a soldier, who fought him off but suffered injuries. As the terrorist tried to stab a border policeman nearby, the policeman shot and eliminated him.
The soldier was take to Hadassah Medical Center in Yerushalayim.
{Matzav.com Israel}