A 43-year-old Israel Police officer was lightly wounded on Thursday morning when he was stabbed by a 14-year-old Palestinian girl in the village of Al-Auja in the Jordan Valley, north of Jericho.
At the time of the incident, the police officer was directing traffic on Route 90 after a collapsed tree had blocked part of the road. After the stabbing, the wounded officer chased the attacker and arrested her without firing a shot. The officer, who suffered a shoulder wound, was later transported to Emek Medical Center in Afula for treatment.
Overnight Wednesday, shots were fired at an Israeli police vehicle near the community of Rehelim near the West Bank. One police officer was lightly wounded and was treated at the scene. Israel Defence Forces (IDF) troops launched searches in the area in an effort to capture the perpetrators.
On Wednesday evening, two soldiers from the IDF’s Kfir Brigade were wounded—one moderately and one lightly—in a stabbing attack carried out by two Palestinians at an isolated military position near the community of Har Bracha near the West Bank. The suspects were able to flee the scene and IDF troops launched searches in the area in an effort to capture them.
