A 25-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were stabbed this Wednesday by a 15-year-old boy at the Tunnels checkpoint on the West Bank highway that connects the Etzion settlements to Jerusalem. according to the report. Times of Israel.
According to police, the attacker, Muhammad Abu Hamed, was shot and killed.
The man was a civilian security guard and the woman worked for the Israel Defense Forces military police. Both were hospitalized with minor injuries.
Muhammad Abu Hamed began stabbing his victims as soon as he arrived at the checkpoint on a bicycle and was questioned by security forces.
With the start of Ramadan, security forces in the West Bank and Jerusalem are on high alert, fearing increased tensions.
According to Israeli Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, the site of the incident was “an ideal location for terrorist attacks.”
“This is the third time in a row. There are too many extremists trying to make the situation worse, and they are also on social networks,” he explained.
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