A stabbing victim, identified as Netanel Yaakov, described in a first-person account how a terrorist waited for him and began stabbing. Yaakov said he fought back with punches and choked the assailant, who then fled to his car with a broken knife. The location of the attack and the victim's current condition have not been reported.
The victim of Monday's stabbing attack in Samaria provided a first-hand account of the struggle. In a recording circulated Monday afternoon, Netanel Yaakov described how a terrorist ambushed him and began stabbing. Yaakov recounted fighting back with punches, choking the attacker until the knife broke and the assailant fled to his car. The account emerges hours after the attack was first reported.
The Zioneer reported earlier Monday that a stabbing attack occurred near the village of Kfar A'tzarin in Samaria. By 12:12 Jerusalem, the terrorist was identified: according to Abu Ali Express, the attacker was Muhammad Faiz from the village of Kublan. Concurrently, the IDF announced that troops tracked the terrorist to Kfar Idna, where a company commander from Battalion 411 shot and killed him when he attempted to stab the soldiers. Earlier reports had indicated the terrorist stabbed an Israeli civilian before fleeing.
The precise location of the stabbing and the victim's medical condition have not yet been disclosed. No official statement from Israeli security forces regarding the victim's account has been released so far.
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