Police say Beit Jala stabbing a terror attack

The Israeli Police say it has determined that the stabbing earlier this afternoon near the Palestinian town of Beit Jala, in which an Israeli man was lightly injured, was a terror attack.

“Following an investigation of the event and a review of the findings at the scene, the Israel Police believes this was a nationalistically motivated stabbing attack,” police say in a statement.

The suspected terrorist fled the scene following the attack south of Jerusalem, police say.

The search for him continues.

— Judah Ari Gross

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