4 Israelis injured in kibbutz stabbing attack

Marcy Oster

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Four Israeli civilians were injured in a stabbing attack at Kibbutz Gan Shmuel in northern Israel.

A 19-year-old woman was reported to be critically  injured with damage in multiple organs in the attack on Sunday near Hadera. Two of the victims were moderately wounded, and a man, 45, was lightly injured.

The suspected assailant was caught by police. He has been identified by police as a 20-year-old Arab-Israeli man from the northern Arab town of Umm al-Fahm, located 12 miles from the scene of the attack.

Also Sunday, two Israelis were injured in rock-throwing attacks in the West Bank.

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