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Woman, 80, among 3 injured in Palestinian stabbing attack

 

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Three Israelis, including an 80-year-old woman, were injured in a stabbing attack in central Israel. The stabber attacked a man on a bus in Rishon LeZion and then two others in the city’s central bus station on Monday afternoon, Nov. 2. At press time, two of the victims are in serious condition. The elderly woman was stabbed in the back. The attacker, a 19-year-old from Hebron was apprehended after being detained by bystanders. Israel Police officers had to protect him from being assaulted by a growing mob. Earlier Monday, Palestinian assailants allegedly attempted to stab a soldier near the West Bank city of Jenin. One of the assailants was shot and killed at the scene, at the Gilboa crossing. Also Monday, a Palestinian man, 22, from eastern Jerusalem was arrested after he assaulted a tour guide with a bottle outside the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.

 

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