Middle East: IDF kills knife-wielding man in Jenin

Milano, Aug. 21 (LaPresse) – The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said this morning that, during a military operation in the Jenin area, a Palestinian man armed with a knife attempted to stab an Israeli soldier. According to the military, as reported by the Israeli newspaper ‘Haaretz’, the soldiers responded by opening fire and killing the attacker. No injuries were reported among IDF soldiers, the statement said.