(JTA) – An Israeli soldier was stabbed and killed in a suspected terrorist attack in the southern city of Arad.
Ron Yitzhak Kukia, 19, of Tel Aviv, was waiting for a bus Thursday night when he was stabbed. Kukia, a member of an infantry unit, died within minutes.
Police and the Israel Security Service are searching for the perpetrators, whom they suspect are Palestinian, Ynet reported.
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