An Israeli woman sustained minor injuries on Tuesday after a suspected terrorist stabbed her from the back near a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
According to initial reports, the assailant stepped off a but and began his attack with a knife and screwdriver. The woman who was stabbed was conscious and treated on the scene and the suspected terrorist was neutralized by forces.
"When we arrived we saw the woman and administered emergency care," paramedic Yaakov Greenwald said." We then transported her by ambulance to the hospital. "
בעקבות פיגוע הדקירה במחסום המנהרות שבעוטף ירושלים, שבו נפצעה צעירה באורח קל, כביש המנהרות (60) נחסם לתנועה על-ידי המשטרה לשני הכיוונים. הכוחות מבצעים סריקות באזור.
Security forces were rushed to the scene and the main highway, Route 60, was closed to allow searches to be conducted.
The attack comes just two days after two people were stabbed to death in a terror attack in Holon outside Tel Aviv. The terrorist who was killed by a police officer on the scene, was a resident of the West Bank town of Salfit and was in Israel illegally.