Suspect in central Israel stabbing a Palestinian man in Israel illegally

The Israel Police say the suspected stabber in the attack outside Petah Tikva is a Palestinian man who entered Israel illegally.

“The suspect has been brought in for interrogation, and the motives [for the attack] are being investigated,” police say.

The victim, a 35-year-old Israeli man, was critically wounded in the stabbing. He was taken to Petah Tikva’s Beilinson Medical Center.

The hospital says he is being treated in its trauma ward.

— Judah Ari Gross

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