4 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
At least two Israeli soldiers have been injured this Tuesday after being stabbed by a Palestinian near a military base located in the town of Tzrifin, south of Tel Aviv, as confirmed by the Police, which has stressed that the attacker has been arrested.
The Israeli Police has indicated in its official account on the social network Twitter that the event took place around 9:50 a.m. (local time) and has added that the injured have been transferred to a hospital. “Pedestrians who were in the area have intercepted the attacker, who has been transferred for questioning.”
Likewise, he stressed that the Police have deployed agents in the area to inspect the surroundings, an operation in which a police helicopter participates. The Magen David Adom (Red Star of David) emergency service has detailed that one of the soldiers has been transferred in serious condition, while the other is in moderate condition.
For his part, the police commander in the central district, Avi Bitton, has stressed that the person responsible for the attack is a 20-year-old man residing in the West Bank town of Hebron and has reported that he would have acted alone, despite the fact that the Initial information suggested that he would have had an accomplice, as reported by the Israeli newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.
So far there is no claim of authorship, although the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has applauded the event and has said that “it is a preliminary response to the occupation war – referring to the Israeli authorities – against the Al Aqsa Mosque”.
The group’s spokesman for Jerusalem, Muhamad Hamadé, has stressed that “what is to come is worse for the occupation, its Army and its settlers, if they continue with their arrogance against the Palestinian people,” according to the Palestinian daily ‘Filistin’. ‘, linked to Hamas.
“Our people will continue on their path of confronting the occupation and defending themselves and our holy places with everything we possess,” he stressed, before stressing that the Palestinian population “will form a firm shield against attempts to undermine the Al Aqsa Mosque and increase control over it”.
