Armed Palestinian neutralized during attempt to stab IDF soldier

As the Palestinian pulls out his kitchen-knife at a checkpoint in the West Bank in an attempt to kill a soldier during a routine check, the alert soldiers watching immediately react shooting him dead before he can butcher anyone.

 

A Palestinian pulled out a knife and attempted to stab soldiers from the Home Front Command on Tuesday afternoon in the West Bank, the IDF has reported.

An Israel Police officer over the body of the Palestinian attacker – Israel Police

The soldiers were carrying out a routine check near Adam Square in Benjamin, north of Jerusalem. The soldiers managed to shoot their would-be attacker before he could stab anyone. The IDF declared his condition as critical at the scene and later stated that he had died from his injuries.

Friday night, Border Police officer Hadas Malka was stabbed to death in an attack at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City.

 

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