Terrorist attack in Jerusalem: Israeli civilian and soldier stabbed

An attacker stabbed a civilian and an Israeli soldier in Jerusalem on Monday and was killed by security forces in one of the first attacks after the ceasefire declared by Israel and Hamas.

The two injured, aged 21 and 23, were evacuated to a hospital with moderate and minor chest injuries, according to the Haaretz portal.

For its part, the Israel Defense Forces reported that a soldier was “moderately injured” by the stabbing.

Images published on social networks they show the soldier with the knife still on his back, waiting for medical personnel to transfer him to hospital to remove the weapon without risk of causing further damage.

Meanwhile, police reported that the incident happened around 1:30 p.m. (10:30 GMT) near a train station. “The agents present at the scene reacted quickly, shooting at the attacker and neutralizing him.», They added. The police present “shot and killed the attacker,” Micky Rosenfeld, a police spokesman, later told AFP, without specifying the subject’s identity.

Haim Bar-Lev’s post is close to the Israel Police National Headquarters, so it is an area of ​​frequent attacks on officers.

Israel and the Gaza-ruling Hamas group have been observing a ceasefire since Friday, after days of clashes and thousands of rockets fired from and into the enclave.

The escalation of violence has left a death toll of 248 Palestinians, including 66 children, according to authorities in Gaza, and 12 dead in Israel, including a child, according to police.

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