Israeli wounded in W. Bank stabbing, terrorist shot dead

A Palestinian terrorist was shot dead on Wednesday after stabbing a security guard at the entrance to Karmei Tzur in the West Bank.

The civilian guard, stationed at the settlement north of Hebron, was slightly wounded. Another security guard shot and killed the attacker, the IDF said.

“When we arrived at the scene, we saw a 34-year-old man standing near the entrance to the settlement,” Magen David Adom paramedic Dvora Aviad said. “He was walking, with an injured hand from stabbing. With the assistance of an IDF medical force, we gave him initial medical treatment and he was evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in mild condition.”

The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry named the attacker as Hamza Zamaara, 19, from Halhoul.

Following the attack, soldiers from the Etzion Brigade began operations in Halhoul, where according to a statement released by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, troops entered the terrorist’s home and interrogated his family.

During the course of the operation, a riot broke out with local Palestinians throwing stones at troops who then responded with crowd dispersal measures. One rioter was arrested.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassim praised the stabbing attack in a Facebook post.

“The new martyr in revolutionary Hebron this morning is a reaffirmation that we are not witnessing a fleeting outburst or a [brief] wave of violence, but rather an ongoing intifada that seeks to achieve our people’s freedom,” he said. “The young people rising up in the West Bank will not be satisfied without their freedom, land and holy sites. Their revolution is the only guarantor protecting Jerusalem from what is being plotted in terms of Judaization.”