Palestinian attacks Israeli with an ax in West Bank

Man lightly wounded; in separate incident, bus firebombed south of Jerusalem

A Palestinian attacked an Israeli man with an ax, lightly wounding him, near the settlement of Ma’ale Levona on Tuesday morning. The victim was taken to the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem.

Security forces were looking for the perpetrator.

In a separate incident, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at an Israeli bus near the village of al-Arroub, south of Jerusalem on the Jerusalem-Hebron highway. No damage or injuries were reported.

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