IDF force stops attempted terrorist attack

Palestinian armed with knife runs towards IDF force near Gush Etzion; force incapacitates him by shooting at his legs, arrests him.
Elisha Ben Kimon|
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An IDF force carried out a suspect arrest protocol at a knife-wielding would-be Palestinian terrorist near the Gush Etzion junction Wednesday.
A soldier from the Nahal's 50 Battalion was stationed in a pillbox at the junction's security checkpoint. The terrorist was running north, going against traffic.
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The knife used in the attack
The knife used in the attack
The knife used in the attack
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The soldier noticed he was carrying a suspicious object, which later turned out to be a knife, and called out to him, ordering him to stop.
When the terrorist kept running, the soldier initiated a suspect arrest protocol, during which he shot the would-be terrorist in the stomach, incapacitating him.
The suspect was taken to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem in moderate condition.
There were no Israeli casualties.
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