2 Israeli Soldiers Stabbed in Al-Quds
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Two Israeli border patrol officers have been stabbed by unknown attackers in the Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem), reports said.
According to local sources, the incident took place on Friday near the Old City’s Lion’s Gate.
One of the officers, said to be 19 years old, was reportedly stabbed in the neck, while the other, 35 years of age, was stabbed in his hands.
They were attacked after morning prayers at the city’s holiest site to Muslims known as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary.
The attacker managed to escape the scene.
The stabbings come a day after two Israelis were injured when a firebomb was thrown at their car in the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Shomron.
Israel and Palestinians have been at loggerheads in recent months over the desecration of flashpoint holy Islamic site of the al-Aqsa mosque by Israeli settlers and the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Press TV reported.
The al-Aqsa Mosque compound is located in the Israeli-occupied Old City of al-Quds. The location of the compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism. The mosque is Islam’s third holiest after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
