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Ambulances arrive at the scene of the stabbing attack, Tuesday morning. Credit: Magen David Adom Published by Haaretz

Significant police presence at the scene of the stabbing, Tuesday morning in central Israel. Credit: David Bachar Published by Haaretz

Police officers inspect the scene of the stabbing attack, Tuesday morning in central Israel. Credit: David Bachar Published by Haaretz
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by IMEMC News
April 3, 2023

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers reported that two soldiers were injured, including one who suffered serious wounds in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, and added that the police confirmed Israeli civilians arrested a suspect.

Israeli daily Haaretz said the incident occurred around 10 in the morning near the Tzrifin military base, southeast of Tel Aviv, and added that one of the wounded soldiers is in a serious condition.

One of the paramedics said the wounded soldiers were alert and received the needed treatment to stop the bleeding and were rushed to a nearby medical center.

Haaretz also said Israeli civilians overpowered and managed to capture the person behind the reported stabbing attack before handing him to the police.

Israeli Jerusalem Post reported that the attacker, subdued and captured by Israelis at the scene, is a twenty-year-old Palestinian from Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.

Following the incident, dozens of additional police officers were deployed in the area, initiated searches looking for a second person believed to be involved in the attack, and fled the area in a car.

However, the Jerusalem Post quoted an Israeli police spokesperson stating that the Palestinian acted alone after a police search, including a helicopter, ruled out initial reports of another attacker who was reported to have fled the scene.

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, stormed and ransacked homes, and abducted eight Palestinians, including a woman, leading to protests before shooting three young men, including one who suffered life-threatening wounds.

On Monday dawn, dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded Nablus city, leading to protests, before the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, killing two Palestinians, Mohammad Omar Juneidi, 43, and Mohammad Nasser Hallaq, 21, and wounding dozens. The soldier also abducted two young men and injured dozens.

On Saturday dawn, a young Palestinian man, Mohammad Al-Asibi, 26, from Houra Bedouin village in the Negev died from serious wounds suffered Friday evening after Israeli soldiers shot him with live fire at the Bab Al-Silsila (Chain Gate) leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
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Two Soldiers Wounded in Suspected Stabbing Attack in Central Israel

One of the Israeli soldiers was seriously wounded during the incident near Tzrifin Army Base ■ Police confirm that one suspect has been arrested

by Ran Shimoni and Josh Breiner for Haaretz
Apr 4, 2023 10:08 am IDT

Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in a suspected stabbing attack in central Israel on Tuesday.

The attack occurred around 10 A.M. near Tzrifin Army Base, southeast of Tel Aviv. One of the soldiers is in serious condition, and police have confirmed that the suspect has been arrested.

According to the Israeli Defense Forces, the attacker tried to grab the weapon of one of the soldiers, who laid down on the weapon in an attempt to fight off the assailant, until civilians arrived and stopped him.

Israeli police stated that the attacker, Muhammad Awada, has no security background nor links to terrorist groups. The initial investigation indicated that Awada followed both soldiers who walked towards the army base, and stabbed one in the leg and the other in the upper section of his body.

On Monday night, the IDF spokesperson said that gunshots hits were found on houses in Ma'ale Gilboa, a Kibbutz in northern Israel which is in proximity to the Israeli West Bank barrier. There were no casualties. The army said that "IDF forces are searching for suspects."

On Monday morning, two Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces in Nablus. According to the IDF, Israeli forces entered the city to arrest suspects linked to a shooting on Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian village of Hawara last month.