Scene of stabbing.
Scene of stabbing.Samaria Regional Council

Hours after a Jewish man was stabbed at the Ariel Junction in Samaria Sunday afternoon, the stabber has been arrested, according to the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet).

The suspect, Tamer Khdeir, 26, is a resident of Beta, near Shechem.

His victim, aged about 25, is in serious condition.

MDA paramedic Yaniv Bakish, who tended to the wounded man, said: "When we arrived at the spot we saw a young man aged about 25 sitting on the sidewalk next to the roundabout at the entrance junction to Ariel. He was fully conscious, he spoke to us and he was suffering from several stab wounds in his upper body.

"We gave him immediate medical care and quickly evacuated him for further care in serious but stable condition."