A 50-year-old man was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at Havat Avraham, a farm outpost near Alon Moreh in Samaria, on Thursday afternoon, according to reports. The attackers, who had set a fire at the site, were shot and killed by another civilian who arrived. The IDF imposed a blockade on the nearby village of Beit Furik, from which the assailants originated.
The attack on Thursday afternoon at Havat Avraham, a farm outpost near Alon Moreh in Samaria, left a 50-year-old man seriously wounded and the two assailants dead. The man was stabbed in the chest while helping extinguish a fire that had been set by Arab residents of Beit Furik, according to reports. He was evacuated in serious condition but conscious. Another civilian at the scene shot and killed the attackers. The IDF imposed a closure on Beit Furik and is searching for additional suspects.
The first reports at 12:25 Jerusalem identified the victim as a volunteer responding to a fire set by terrorists. By 12:25, the victim was publicly named as Itamar Cohen, owner of the well-known Itamar's Farm. At 13:14, the IDF confirmed the stabbing, the neutralization of the two terrorists by a civilian, the helicopter evacuation of the wounded man, and the cordon around Beit Furik. Fire investigators began probing the cause of the blaze. At 13:21, a separate stabbing attack near Beit El was reported, with two assailants neutralized, as The Zioneer reported.
The attack is the latest in a series of stabbing and stone-throwing incidents in Judea and Samaria, which have drawn criticism of the security establishment's response. Commentator Hillel Bitton Rosen, at 13:29 Jerusalem, accused the security establishment of focusing on Jewish citizens instead of combating Arab terrorism.
The IDF continues to search for additional suspects, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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