22-year-old Jewish man stabbed while walking on Kiryat Arba worshipers' shoulder and stabbed in the shoulder • Injured and medically evacuated to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem • The stabber, a 15-year-old boy, was caught by civilians and soldiers following a brief pursuit

• Illustration // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

• Commander of the "Yehuda" Spatial Brigade, Major General Itamar Ben Haim, at the scene // Photo: IDF Spokesman

• Soldiers at the scene // Photo: IDF Spokesman

A 22-year-old Jewish worshiper was moderately injured in the shoulder in a stabbing attack that took place this afternoon (Saturday) in Kiryat Arba, near the Cave of the Patriarchs. A preliminary investigation revealed that a Palestinian young man surprised him as he walked the worshipers' shack, stabbed him in the shoulder and fled. The Israeli, who was moderately injured, was evacuated to the hospital with the knife still in his shoulder. The stabber, a 15-year-old boy, was caught.

MD paramedic Hanoch Zelinger said: "When we arrived at the scene we saw the injured man, a 22-year-old man walking while conscious and stabbed in the shoulder. We immediately put him in an intensive care unit, gave him primary medical treatment which included bandaging and bleeding and we took him to Sha'arei Tzedek Hospital in a stable and stable condition. "

Earlier this morning, an attempted attack on the Nablus gate. A 50-year-old Abu Dis resident was arrested at noon after arriving at the checkpoint at the scene and in front of the security guards and GSS fighters pulled out a knife and approached them in a threatening way. The woman was arrested and neutralized before attempting to stab and shortly after being questioned.

Police said: "A short time ago, a suspect arrived near Border Fighters operating at the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem, and waved a knife at them. A civilian who was nearby and Border Fighters seized her, arrested her and she was taken for questioning. "