From Le Figaro with AFP
Published 45 minutes ago, updated 23 minutes ago
Israeli officials at the scene of an incident in Jerusalem November 6, 2023. AMMAR AWAD / Portal
There was a knife attack in front of a police station in East Jerusalem near the Damascus Gate in which the attacker was killed.
An Israeli soldier was seriously injured and the attacker “neutralized” in a knife attack outside a police station in East Jerusalem near the Damascus Gate on Monday, November 6, Israeli police said. “A terrorist armed with a knife arrived at Shalem police station and stabbed a female soldier…Border police forces neutralized the terrorist by firing,” police added in a statement.
The Israeli rescue service Magen David Adom announced that it had treated the injured 20-year-old woman and another slightly injured person, also 20 years old. The area of the police station opposite the Damascus Gate has been cordoned off, police added.
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On October 12, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem opened fire at the same site, wounding two soldiers before being killed. And on October 30, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem was killed after stabbing and wounding an Israeli police officer near a nearby gas station.
Tensions have flared in East Jerusalem and in the Old City, which has been deserted by tourists, since the start of the war, which was sparked by Hamas’ deadly attack in Israel on October 7.