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Victim evacuated to hospital in critical condition; police capture suspect, a Palestinian resident of Nablus.

By Yaniv Kubovich for Haaretz

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was stabbed near a train station in Tel Aviv on Monday in what police say was a terror attack.

Emergency services treated the soldier at the site before evacuating him to Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, in critical condition. According to Magen David Adom spokesman Zaki Heller, the soldier, aged about 20, was found with a number of stab wounds.

The assailant, who police said was a Palestinian who had entered Israel illegally, was apprehended and held for questioning. Palestinian sources told the local Palestinian media that his name is Nur a-Din Hashiya, from the Askar refugee camp in Nablus.

The incident took place early Monday afternoon on the bridge at the Haganah train station in south Tel Aviv.

"Civilians drew our attention to a building on Levanda Street," said Sgt. Major Yaacov Shamiya, the policeman who captured the suspect. "We ascended the stairs and saw blood drops on the first floor. We continued upward and saw the suspect lying on his back. He didn't speak or resist when we did an initial search. He was in a state of collapse."

"From initial investigations it emerges that the incident was a terrorist knife attack," the Israel Police reported via their Twitter feed.

"The incident is over and the suspect will be transferred to the Shin Bet security service for interrogation," said Tel Aviv police commander Maj. Gen Benzie Sau. "He was quickly detained by a police unit on the spot in the context of the 'safe streets' campaign."

Sau added that the police had not received any specific intelligence regarding the attack but had been on alert for some time due to the recent incidents in Jerusalem.

"A young man of about 20 lay in the road adjacent to the Haganah train station," said senior Magen David paramedic Moshe Amir, who arrived early on the scene. "He was unconscious, had no pulse and was not breathing. There was a huge crowd at the scene.

"We started giving him emergency treatment, including resuscitation, until an ambulance arrived and he was taken to hospital in critical condition."

Magen David Adom also treated two people with shock.

If confirmed to be a terror attack, Monday's incident will be the fourth in the past few weeks.