Two Israelis were stabbed on Monday near Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem.
Two young men in their 20s, one an IDF soldier, were stabbed on Shlomo Zalman Shraga Street, in front of the national headquarters of the Border Police, and received medical attention on the scene before being evacuated to a nearby hospital in moderate and serious condition.
נראה כמו פיגוע דקירה בכביש מספר 1, פצוע אחד בינוני, המחבל נורה. pic.twitter.com/oKeafWirHD— نير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון (@nirhasson) May 24, 2021
The suspected terrorist, 17, was killed by a Border Police officer who was nearby, police said. Additional police and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) forces were dispatched to the scene.
Video posted on social media showed him, wearing an Israeli Air Force uniform, with a knife lodged in his back as he knelt on the ground and received treatment from medics.
Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and Public Security Minister Amir Ohana visited the scene of the attack shortly after and held a briefing with officers involved in investigating the attack, while talking to the Border Police officers involved in shooting the terrorist.
Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and Public Security Minister Amir Ohana thank the Border Police officer who subdued the terrorist, Monday, May 24, 2021 (Police Spokesperson’s Unit)
President Reuven Rivlin released a statement in response to the attack, saying that “we pray for the recovery of those wounded in the stabbing attack at the national headquarters junction.”
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He praised the security forces at the scene, saying they “acted quickly to neutralize the terrorist.”
“We will not allow this accursed terror to raise its head and we will fight it without compromise,” he added.
The incident occurred near the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where the potential evictions of Palestinian families drew mass protests and helped spark 11 days of fighting between Israel and Gaza militants.
Tensions have been high in Sheikh Jarrah and at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, where Israeli police raids in recent weeks helped to trigger a military confrontation between Israel and Hamas, Gaza’s Islamist rulers.
An Egyptian-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held into a fourth day on Monday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to visit the region this week for talks with Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian leaders.
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