JERUSALEM: An Israeli border police officer was wounded in a stabbing attack on Sunday evening at a gate to Jerusalem’s Old City, police said.
The attack took place near the Damascus Gate in the historic walls of the Old City.
“The stabbed officer was lightly wounded and was evacuated for medical treatment,” the force said in a statement.
“Border Police officers engaged with the terrorist, neutralized him with gunfire, and concluded the attack swiftly,” the police said.
Tensions between Palestinians and Israeli Jews are frequent in the Old City and have only heightened since the start of the Gaza war more than 11 months ago.
In a separate statement, Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service said the 20-year-old officer had an injury to his upper body.
“The terrorist, who attempted to flee into the Old City, was neutralized,” the police said.
Police and border forces were on the scene and investigating the incident, it added.
Jerusalem, and in particular the Old City, is a holy city for the three Abrahamic religions and remains a key issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israel claims Jerusalem as its indivisible capital, but the United Nations and the international community consider Israel’s annexation of east Jerusalem to be illegal.
Palestinians aspire to make occupied east Jerusalem, which includes the walled Old City and its holy sites, the capital of a future independent state.
Israeli border officer wounded in Jerusalem stabbing attack: police
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Israeli border officer wounded in Jerusalem stabbing attack: police
- The attack took place near the Damascus Gate in the historic walls of the Old City
- “Border Police officers engaged with the terrorist, neutralized him with gunfire, and concluded the attack swiftly,” the police said
Flash floods kill 21 in Moroccan coastal town
RABAT: Flash-flooding caused by sudden, heavy rain killed at least 21 people in the Moroccan coastal town of Safi on Sunday, local authorities said.
Images on social media showed a torrent of muddy water sweeping cars and rubbish bins from the streets in Safi, which sits around 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of the capital Rabat.
At least 70 homes and businesses in the historic old city were flooded, authorities said.
Another 32 people were injured and taken to hospital, but most of them have been discharged.
Damage to roads cut off traffic along several routes to and from the port city on the Atlantic coast.
“It’s a black day,” resident Hamza Chdouani told AFP.
By evening, the water level had receded, leaving people to pick through a mud-sodden landscape to salvage belongings.
Another resident, Marouane Tamer, questioned why government trucks had not been dispatched to pump out the water.
As teams searched for other possible casualties, the weather service forecast more heavy rain on Tuesday across the country.
Severe weather and flooding are not uncommon in Morocco, which is struggling with a severe drought for the seventh consecutive year.
The General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) said 2024 was Morocco’s hottest year on record, while registering an average rainfall deficit of -24.7 percent.
Moroccan autumns are typically marked by a gradual drop in temperatures, but climate change has affected weather patterns and made storms more intense because a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture and warmer seas can turbocharge the systems.
