Teenage Palestinian girl stabs soldier in West Bank

Lone Palestinians have committed a number of attacks, many of them stabbings, against Israelis in the past two months, Israeli security forces said.

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — A teenage Palestinian girl stabbed a soldier in the back near the West Bank settlement of Nahliel, Israel said.

The soldier, 20, was reported to be moderately wounded in the Wednesday afternoon attack while he was on routine patrol. He was taken to a Tel Aviv hospital for treatment.

The alleged attacker was arrested at the scene and taken in for questioning, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

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