Israeli teen seriously injured, father lightly wounded in West Bank stabbing
Two Israelis wounded in apparent assault near Palestinian village, reportedly while visiting the dentist; investigation opened into circumstances surrounding incident
An IDF soldier surveys the area around village of Azun near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, April 2007 (Roy Sharon/Flash90)
According to Channel 13 news, the two are residents of the southern Israeli city of Ofakim and were going to the dentist when they said they were stabbed by a 15-year-old Palestinian near Azun.
They were brought by IDF medics to the Eliyahu border crossing and from there taken by the Magen David Adom ambulance service to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba for further treatment.
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