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A stabbing attack was averted in Jerusalem after a soldier on Monday shot down a knife-wielding terrorist. “According to police, the assailant got out of a vehicle on Sayeret Dukhifat Street in the capital and brandished a knife as a soldier passed by,” the Times of Israel reported. “The soldier opened fire at the suspect, seriously wounding him.”

The foiled stabbing attack comes as the Gaza-based jihadi group Hamas calls for an “escalation” of terrorist attacks against Israel.

Jihad by means of stabbing is a preferred mode of attack by Muslim terrorists across the world. Europe, with its open borders policies, has seen a surge in stabbing-jihad in the recent year. However, unlike Israel, the authorities in Europe are failing miserably at stemming the tide of these imported stabbing sprees. Knife attacks have skyrocketed in Germany since the recent spike in mass-migration largely from Muslim-majority Middle East and North Africa. The statistics from “states showed that there were a total number of 26,113 knife attacks in Germany in 2023,” German newspaper Die Süddeutsche Zeitung reported August 24, 2004.

“Suspected stabbing attack attempt in Jerusalem, suspect shot,” by Li Ayish, i24NEWS, December 23, 2024:

An attempted stabbing attack on Israeli security forces occurred at Jerusalem’s Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood. The suspected terrorist, a resident of East Jerusalem in his 30s, was neutralized after he was shot in the leg. Magen David Adom teams arrived at the scene to assist in evacuating wounded.

A member of security forces was stabbed after stopping the car the suspect was in. The suspect exited his vehicle and advanced towards the guard with a knife in his hand. Despite cries and warnings at the suspect, he continued to advance while waving the knife in his hand. The security guard, along with two additional citizens who passed by, fired at the suspect.

Israel Police closed off the area and began collecting evidence, while medical personnel treated the wounded suspect who was evacuated in serious condition to the hospital.

Hamas praised the attempted attack (..).