A Palestinian stabbed and wounded a soldier in the occupied West Bank on Friday before Israeli forces shot and wounded the attacker.

A Palestinian stabbed and wounded a soldier in the occupied West Bank on Friday before Israeli forces shot and wounded the attacker.

The occupation army said in a statement that the Palestinian attacker stabbed an IOF soldier “during operational activity adjacent to the security fence in Gush Etzion,” a Zionist settlement bloc south of al-Quds.

Palestinian security forces identified the assailant as Mussab Ghanimat, 17, from the nearby village of Sureif.

The hospital treating the soldier said he was stabbed in the shoulder and in light condition. A spokeswoman for the hospital treating Ghanimat said he was in moderate condition and conscious.

Gush Etzion, or the Etzion Bloc, stretches from al-Quds to near the flashpoint city of al-Khalil, a venue of clashes between Israeli occupiers and Palestinians. On Thursday, a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli soldier in the city before fleeing.