Settlement security guard released from hospital 6 days after stabbing attack

An Israeli security guard is released from the hospital today, six days after being lightly injured by a Palestinian assailant who attacked him with a knife at the entrance to a West Bank settlement.

The 34-year-old man underwent surgery on the palm of his hand, which was hurt during the attack at the entrance to Karmei Tzur last Wednesday, a spokeswoman for Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem says.

The assailant arrived at the settlement in the Etzion bloc by car, opened the door to the guard post at the entrance and stabbed the guard in the palm. A second guard then shot and killed  the attacker, 19-year-old Hamzeh Yousef Zamaareh.

The security guard exited the hospital Monday in good condition, but will still need to undergo rehabilitation, the hospital spokesman added.

— Jacob Magid