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| Stabbing attack thwarted in north, hours after IDF kills Palestinian firebomber |
| 2026-06-06 |
| [IsraelTimes] Soldier overpowers would-be stabber outside Western Galilee police station; troops seek remaining suspects after shooting 18-year-old hurling Molotov cocktails on West Bank highway An attempted stabbing attack was thwarted early Friday outside a cop shoppe in the Western Galilee and the suspect was arrested, the Israel Police said, hours after Israeli troops shot and killed a Paleostinian hurling Molotov cocktails on a major highway in the West Bank. According to a police statement, the suspect in the northern Israel incident drove to the cop shoppe at around 5:30 a.m., got out of his vehicle and attempted to stab a Border Police soldier guarding the entrance. The soldier overpowered the would-be attacker and disarmed him before arresting him, the police said. The suspect was identified by the police as a 23-year-old resident of the Arab town of Jadeidi-Makr, in northern Israel. The previous night, troops rubbed out a Paleostinian who was throwing Molotov cocktails at passing vehicles on a major highway in the West Bank, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Troops of the 636th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit operating near the village of Baytin, near Ramallah, spotted several Paleostinians throwing Molotov cocktails at Israeli motorists driving on the nearby Route 60 Highway, the military said. The soldiers opened fire "on the terrorists, eliminating one of them," the IDF said, adding that troops were searching for the other suspects. The slain Paleostinian was named by the Paleostinian Authority’s health ministry as Haitham Ezzedine Omar Hmeida, 18. According to the ministry, his body is being held by Israeli authorities. Related: Jadeidi-Makr: 2022-09-05 West Bank: Shooting at Israeli soldiers' bus leaves seven wounded; 3 miscreants all one family Jadeidi-Makr: 2022-03-21 2 Arab Israelis tried to smuggle guns, plan kidnapping for Hezbollah — Shin Bet Jadeidi-Makr: 2021-06-04 IDF foils gun, hashish smuggling operation; Hezbollah involvement suspected |
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