A Palestinian stabbed a border policeman at a junction near Huwara, a West Bank town close to Nablus, today at around 6 p.m., only hours after another stabbing in the West Bank. The soldier was lightly wounded, and the Palestinian was fatally shot.
According to the Israeli Police spokesperson, the Palestinian approached a team of fighters that was carrying out a routine check, then suddenly took out a knife and began to stab one of the men in the back. A soldier standing next to him shot the attacker, mortally wounding him.
The Palestinian Ma’an News Agency said the attacker was 16-year-old Ahmad Kamil Rafeeq al-Taj, citing the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
Late Saturday morning, a Palestinian stabbed an Artillery Corps soldier at a checkpoint near Route 443 near Beit Horon in the West Bank, not far from where another Israeli was stabbed on Sunday, the IDF said.
The Palestinian, from the nearby village of Beit ‘Anan, was shot by the soldier at the checkpoint and arrested. He was lightly wounded and received treatment at the scene.
The scene of the attack
Before the soldier could aid him, the Palestinian pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the soldier in his upper body.
The scene of the attack
Did Abu Mazen apologize yet to the Israeli people?