An Israeli soldier who was stabbed Monday in Tel Aviv has died of his injuries, Israeli media reported Monday.
Almog Shiloni from Modiin, was stabbed Monday at Haganah train station in Tel Aviv, Israel's Ynet news site reported.
Israeli police arrested a Palestinian suspect from Nablus in his 20s, another Israeli news site reported.
A Ma'an reporter in Nablus said that the suspect was 18-year-old Nur al-Din Abu Hashya from Askar refugee camp in the city.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the victim was an Israeli soldier and said the attack was carried out by a Palestinian from the Nablus area in the northern West Bank.
She said the stabbing appeared to be politically motivated.
"It was apparently an attack with nationalist motives. The suspect is a resident of the Nablus," she said, adding that he had been arrested in a nearby apartment building where he had holed up.
The Israeli army confirmed in a text-messaged statement that the man was a soldier, and that a Palestinian suspect was arrested.
The incident follows the Israeli police killing of a Palestinian citizen of Israel in the Galilee region Saturday, which led to two days of protests and clashes with Israeli police.
Further tensions have been escalating in Jerusalem, where in recent weeks Israeli forces have shot and killed two Palestinian suspects in car-ramming attacks on Israelis at light rail stations.
Almog Shiloni from Modiin, was stabbed Monday at Haganah train station in Tel Aviv, Israel's Ynet news site reported.
Israeli police arrested a Palestinian suspect from Nablus in his 20s, another Israeli news site reported.
A Ma'an reporter in Nablus said that the suspect was 18-year-old Nur al-Din Abu Hashya from Askar refugee camp in the city.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the victim was an Israeli soldier and said the attack was carried out by a Palestinian from the Nablus area in the northern West Bank.
She said the stabbing appeared to be politically motivated.
"It was apparently an attack with nationalist motives. The suspect is a resident of the Nablus," she said, adding that he had been arrested in a nearby apartment building where he had holed up.
The Israeli army confirmed in a text-messaged statement that the man was a soldier, and that a Palestinian suspect was arrested.
The incident follows the Israeli police killing of a Palestinian citizen of Israel in the Galilee region Saturday, which led to two days of protests and clashes with Israeli police.
Further tensions have been escalating in Jerusalem, where in recent weeks Israeli forces have shot and killed two Palestinian suspects in car-ramming attacks on Israelis at light rail stations.
Source: Ma'an News Agency
