Gush Etzion: Terrorist Shot during Stabbing Attack

Jerusalem, 31 January, 2021 (TPS) -- An Arab terrorist was shot dead Sunday morning as he attempted to stab IDF forces securing the Gush Etzion Junction.

Security footage of the incident shows the terrorist approaching the soldiers who were securing a bus stop at the junction.

The soldiers notice the terrorist and shot him dead.

No Israelis were harmed in the incident.

The terrorist was found to be armed with three knives attached to a pole.

IDF Corporal A., who shot the terrorist, said that he was standing at the northern hitchhiking station, at the Gush Etzion junction “to protect the civilians who were there.”

“I saw a suspect walking on the road who began advancing quickly towards me and towards civilians who were at the spot. I recognized that he had drawn a knife, I shot and neutralized the terrorist,” he relayed.

“I have been here in operational employment with my battalion friends for about a month. We stay alert all the time to avoid cases like this. We will continue to protect the residents of Gush Etzion and protect the house,” he added.

Several attacks have occurred at the Gush Etzion Junction in recent weeks.

The area has been the scene of multiple terrorist attacks, several of them lethal.