Teen stabbed in Beersheba

Attack prevented in West Bank

Police arrested three suspects for disorderly conduct and assaulting police officers on Tuesday afternoon during a protest against the recent escalation on Ben-Gurion Boulevard in Beersheba.

One of the protesters who was arrested reportedly stabbed an 18-year-old during clashes that broke out between Jews and Bedouin. The injured teen was evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in the city and was in moderate-to-serious condition.

One of the policemen who was present at the scene and noticed the incident fired into the air.

Police said the suspect fled and attempted to take shelter in a nearby medical center, but was stopped with the help of the hospital’s security guards and subsequently arrested.

Another man in his 40s was lightly injured from tear gas at the protest and was also evacuated to Soroka-University

Medical Center.

Two terrorists were killed while attempting a ramming attack at Tapuah Junction in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday evening, according to the ZAKA rescue and recovery organization. No other injuries were reported.

Earlier on Tuesday, an attempted terror attack was thwarted in the Samaria region of the West Bank by a fire and rescue volunteer.

According to a statement, the volunteer firefighter spotted a Palestinian woman acting “suspiciously” near Huwara. When he approached her, the woman pulled out a knife and began running toward a bus station.

The volunteer firefighter managed to subdue the woman by tackling her , and subsequently called in the authorities.

The incident comes amid a massive upsurge of violent incidents in the West Bank, including fires from burning tires and Molotov cocktails.