[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The terrorist who carried out the Kiryat Arba stabbing attack earlier today, Thursday 24 Sivan, is said to have been a 17-year-old PA (Palestinian Authority) resident from Banai Naim, in the Kiryat Arba area.

Authorities at the scene of the attack continue efforts to piece together what occurred. It appears the terrorist got over the security fence and entered a home in the Charsina neighborhood, gravely wounding a teenage girl with his knife as she sat in a bedroom.

Members of the first response team entered the building and shot the terrorist dead but not before he managed to stab one of them, in his 30s. he was also injured by gunfire which appears to be mistaken fire from the first response team members.

A final determination as to what occurred will be made in the coming hours. A recap of the attack will follow when IDF and Israel Police officials release their findings.

In the video we see Chief of Traumatologist Prof. Avi Rivkind who reports the victim, in his 30s, arrived with his wife. He sustained gunshot wounds to his upper body and his condition is moderate-to-serious and not in life-threatening danger. He is undergoing diagnostic exams.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)