A Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem accused of carrying out a stabbing attack in Kibbutz Tzuba earlier this month was indicted on one count of attempted murder as an act of terrorism on Monday.

According to the indictment filed with the Jerusalem District Court, Muhammed Hassan, a 42-year-old resident of the Shuafat neighborhood, had worked as a dishwasher in the kibbutz canteen for several months.

Prosecutors said that on September 12, Hassan left the kitchen of the kibbutz canteen where he was working, made his way to the kitchen of the hotel located on the kibbutz, grabbed a sharpened 12-centimeter knife, entered the hotel dining room, and stabbed two of the diners in the chest before being stopped and apprehended by a hotel worker.

An off-duty police officer who was staying at the hotel then arrested Hassan.

One of his victims, a 50-year-old man, was severely wounded and needed several operations to repair damage to one of his lungs, while the other victim, a 23-year-old man, suffered moderate wounds.

The indictment alleged that Hassan carried out the attack out of ideological and nationalistic motivations with the intent to murder his victims. It was unclear why there was only one count of attempted murder.

According to police, the suspected assailant told investigators that he stabbed his victims “because they were Jews, and because I wanted to be shot afterward,” a statement confirmed by the State Attorney’s Office.

Hamas praised the incident as a “heroic stabbing attack” that dealt a “new blow to the occupation’s security apparatus.” However, the terror group did not take responsibility for the stabbing.