Arab suspect in Old City stabbing
Arab suspect in Old City stabbingYonatan Sindel/Flash 90

An investigation of the stabbing of two Jews aged 32 and 45 on Monday night in Jerusalem's Old City has revealed that the incident was indeed a terrorist attack, and not "a fight between two parties" as police initially claimed.

The two Jews, who study at the Shuvu Banim Yeshiva in the Old City, were attacked by four Arab terrorists armed with knives as they were on their way to Yafo Gate on the western side of the Old City.

After suffering moderate and mild wounds, the two managed to arrive at "Hakishla" police station adjacent to Yafo Gate where officers called up Magen David Adom (MDA) teams that evacuated the two to Shaare Tzedek Hospital in the capital.

Shortly after the event occurred, Border Patrol officers succeeded in capturing the four suspected terrorists, aged 15 to 17, who had fled from the scene.

The four denied involvement in the attack during investigation; the Jerusalem Magistrates Court has extended the detention of two of the four up till this Thursday. The other two were released to house arrest, and police intend to petition the decision to release them.

The students who were attacked clarified late Monday night that there was no mutual fight as police had claimed, a claim which comes after police similarly falsely blamed Jewish victims for an Arab ambush attack last Friday night at the Mount of Olives as "mutual provocation."

Speaking about the stabbing, the 45-year-old student said "three Arabs jumped on us; I didn't see them coming. One of them stabbed me with a slab of iron or a knife, and it is a big miracle it didn't strike my heart." 

One of the Arabs "shouted something against Jews," he continued. "My friend went to fight him." The 32 year-old added that a fight did break out - but that it was the consequence, not the cause, of the stabbing. 

"The big guy was the main one fighting with me," he stated. "I held my Talmud volume in one hand and fought with him until he fell to the ground. I'm always ready in the event [of an attack]; I'm not afraid. Tonight I will return [to the Old City] again without fear and go through the Damascus Gate without hesitation. They will not deter us."