Stabbing attack thwarted outside of Hebron
A terrorist approached a soldier at the checkpoint outside of the closed city of Bani Na'im and attempted to stab him with a knife on Tuesday morning; the soldier managed to act swiftly and shoot his assailant before he could cause any damage; no IDF forces were injured.
A terrorist attempting to stab a soldier on Tuesday morning at the checkpoint at the entrance to Bani Na'im, east of Hebron, was shot and killed. No IDF forces were injured.
A soldier from the 605th Engineering Battalion shot the terrorist, who came at him with a knife drawn. The soldier was able to shoot before the terrorist reached him.
It was from Bani Na'im that two terrorists came on Friday to carry out a vehicular attack outside of Kiryat Arba. The city is still under a partial closure as a result. The closure was eased on Sunday, with the roadblocks left only meant to stop vehicles, not pedestrians. The attacker arrived at the checkpoint on foot.
This attack followed a wave of four attacks committed against Israelis on Monday.
Following the attempted stabbing attack at the Cave of the Patriarchs on Monday, IDF troops conducted a raid at the Abu Sneineh neighborhood in Hebron. During the raid, the soldiers found commando knives, bullets, lathe used to make weapons, and other military equipment.
Three suspects were arrested during the Abu Sneineh raid.
Meanwhile, fighters from the Israel Police's Special Patrol Unit raided a house in the village of Qatanna in the Jerusalem area, where they seized weapons, including a handgun stolen from a home in Ra'anana. The forces also seized eight attack dogs that were sent to quarantine.
Two suspects were arrested during the Qatanna raid.
Two soldiers were lightly wounded from Molotov cocktails thrown at them during a raid at the Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem.
One of the soldiers was hospitalized at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, suffering from burns. The other suffered from smoke inhalation.
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Overall, IDF forces arrested 27 suspects in the West Bank overnight.
