A Palestinian stabbed and moderately wounded an Israeli in the West Bank on Sunday before fleeing the scene, the occupation army said.

A Palestinian stabbed and moderately wounded an Israeli in the West Bank on Sunday before fleeing the scene, the occupation army said.

A military spokeswoman said the attack occurred after an Israeli motorist exited his vehicle because stones were being thrown at it.

"The Palestinian then attacked the Israeli, stabbing him in the chest, before fleeing the scene," she said.

   The Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem said they received a 58-year-old man who sustained a stab wound to the chest as well as a head wound from a stone, noting the attack took place near the southern West Bank settlement of Metzad.