4 Israelis injured in kibbutz stabbing attack

Marcy Oster

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Four Israelis were injured, including one critically, in a stabbing attack at a kibbutz in northern Israel.

A 19-year-old woman was reported to have damage to multiple organs as a result of the attack on Sunday at Gan Shmuel, near Hadera. Two of the victims were moderately wounded, and a 45-year-old man was lightly injured.

The suspected assailant was caught by police, who identified him as a 20-year-old Arab-Israeli 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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