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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A stabbing attack was carried out on Thursday against the Israeli Shomron Regional Council in the West Bank, injuring two people, the Times of Israel reported.
The incident occurred in Hativa Square in Shomron Regional Council and the victims were sent to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. The time of Israel reported.
One of the injured is a 30 year old reservist and the second a 26 year old female. Israeli security forces are currently searching for an attacker who has fled.
READ MORE: Three injured people, including two shot dead, in the West Bank – Medics
INITIAL REPORT: A stabbing attack was carried out on Hativa Square in the Shomron Regional Council. More details to follow. pic.twitter.com/J565Cam4hM
– Israel Defense Forces (@IDFSpokesperson) October 11, 2018
As reported later by the Maan News Agency, citing the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), six Palestinians, including women, were arrested by Israeli security forces in the West Bank. Three Palestinians were arrested in Tulkarem district, one in Nablus district and two others in Jenin district. Security forces arrested two sisters of Ashraf Naawla, who committed a gun attack earlier this week.
During the raids, Israeli forces reportedly confiscated various items and damaged personal effects.
The attack on the territory comes a month after a 17-year-old Palestinian stabbed to death a 40-year-old man. Speaking on the subject, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that he considered the incident as a terrorist act.
The West Bank and the Gaza Strip are two Palestinian territories that are struggling to create an independent state of Israel, the latter refusing to recognize it.
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