A Palestinian terrorist was shot dead today after he tried to stab Israeli soldiers near the community of Ofra.
The terrorist, 23-year-old Maan Nasser al-Din Abu Qara from the town of Mazra’a al-Qibliya, approached the soldiers with a knife near a bus stop. When he failed to stop, the soldiers shot at him and killed him.
Boruch Hashem, no soldiers were hurt.
This attack comes a few days after an attack at the nearby Focus checkpoint, when a Palestinian policeman, Muhammad Turkman, shot at IDF soldiers near Bet El, hurting three. Turkman was killed.
{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}
