IDF: No casualties in stabbing attempt, attacker shot and captured

A suspect approached a group of soldiers outside the settlement of Ariel and attempted to stab them, then ran away, the Israel Defense Forces says.

No soldiers were wounded in the failed attack, the military says.

The suspect was shot in the leg and captured a short distance away from the attempted stabbing, the IDF says. A knife has been recovered from the scene.

A knife recovered at the scene of a

— Judah Ari Gross

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