The Israeli police claimed that a Palestinian citizen stabbed an Israeli settler on Tuesday near al-Walaja village southwest of occupied Jerusalem before withdrawing from the scene.
The police said in a statement that the settler was stabbed in the hand by the Palestinian youth and described his injury as “minor”.
According to the statement which considered the attack “a hostile terrorist operation” the Palestinian youth is still nowhere to be found.
Investigations are being conducted amid media blackout imposed by the Israeli Public Censorship on the identity of the Palestinian youth accused of carrying out the attack.
Conflicting narratives were raised about the incident especially that the Israeli army declared in a statement that the attack is criminal.
The Israeli police forces set up a number of checkpoints in Beit Jala and al-Walaja towns looking for the Palestinian youth who is still at large.
