A Palestinian attacker stabbed and wounded two Israeli police officers Sunday at a checkpoint outside a Hebron shrine that has been a flashpoint for violence in the past, the Israeli army said. Israeli forces responded by shooting the attacker in the leg, the army said.
The attack — during the weeklong Jewish holiday of Passover — occurred at a checkpoint outside the shrine, known to Jews as the Tomb of the Patriarchs and to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque.
In the early afternoon, a Palestinian, who appeared to be about 17 years old, pulled out a knife and stabbed two policemen at the checkpoint, the army said. One was lightly wounded and the other was more seriously injured, the army said. A third police officer shot the attacker in the leg, and he was taken to the hospital, the army said. Palestinian militants have repeatedly attacked Israeli forces near the shrine. In 1994, Jewish militant Baruch Goldstein opened fire at the shrine, killing 29 Palestinians. |