An Arab Israeli woman stabbed and wounded a Jewish woman near Tel Aviv on Sunday before being arrested.

An Arab Israeli woman stabbed and wounded a Jewish woman near Tel Aviv on Sunday before being arrested, police said.

The incident occurred in the industrial zone of Rosh Haayin, east of the coastal city.

A police spokeswoman said a security guard at an office building saw a woman armed with a knife attack another woman before overpowering the assailant with the help of two passers-by.

The attacker was said by police to be a 23-year-old from the Arab town of Kfar Qassem near the occupied West Bank.