A 17-year-old terrorist stabbed an IDF soldier Tuesday evening at a checkpoint near the Palestinian Authority-controlled Samarian city of Jenin.
The teenage attacker, a resident of one of the nearby villages south of Jenin, walked up to the soldier, pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the back of the neck. Other soldiers at the scene grabbed the young terrorist and turned him over to security personnel.
The soldier was moderately wounded. He was treated at the scene and then evacuated to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.
The attack occurred during a routine operation in which an artillery brigade operated a roadblock used to catch terrorist fugitives and PA Arab suspects.
The teenage attacker is a member of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, according to what he told security forces during interrogation following the incident.