A 32-year-old man suffered moderate to severe injuries on Wednesday morning in a stabbing in Lod, central Israel.
First responders called to the scene provided the victim with initial medical treatment at the scene and evacuated him to Shamir-Assaf Harofeh Hospital in moderate to serious condition, suffering from a penetrating wound.
The stabbing, which occurred near the city's Ganei Ya'ar neighborhood, was at first investigated as a potential terror attack.
Police pursued the perpetrator, who fled the scene. The police announced a few hours later that, after conducting searches, a suspect was arrested near Dimona. The police announced that the suspicion of a nationalist terror attack has been ruled out.
Magen David Adom medics and paramedics who arrived at the scene recalled that they found the victim fully conscious.
“We arrived at the scene quickly and saw a 32-year-old man who was conscious and suffering from a penetrative wound to his body,” said Dr. Yaakov Fixler, a volunteer doctor with MDA, and emergency medics Meni Jasuan and Pinchas Salama. “We began providing initial medical care, including stopping the bleeding, and evacuated him rapidly to the hospital.”