Hamas said the attack “constitutes a new blow to the occupation’s security system and its illusions of stopping the tide of resistance deeply rooted in the souls of our people.”
Two Israelis were injured in a stabbing operation at a hotel in west Jerusalem on Friday, Israeli media reported.
A 50-year-old was in a serious condition, while a 23-year-old was moderately injured after one of the hotel employees stabbed the two in the dining room of the establishment, Times of Israel reported, citing Hebrew media reports.
Israeli police have arrested a man after a stabbing at a Jerusalem hotel that left two men injured, one of them in serious condition. pic.twitter.com/ik1q5fo0L8
— The National (@TheNationalNews) September 12, 2025
The suspect is a 42-year-old Palestinian from Shuafat in East Jerusalem and was detained by an off-duty police investigator staying at the hotel, the report added. Israeli police were investigating the motive behind the attack, according to Israel’s Channel 12.
‘Blow’ to Israel’s Security – Hamas
Hamas, the Palestinian Resistance movement, said in a statement that the “heroic stabbing operation carried out by one of Palestine’s heroes … comes as a natural response to the crimes of the terrorist enemy and its herds of settlers.”
The movement said it “constitutes a new blow to the occupation’s security system and its illusions of stopping the tide of resistance deeply rooted in the souls of our people.”
Two Soldiers Injured in Explosive Device Attack – Army Shuts Down Tulkarm
Hamas added that the continuous operations carried out by “the revolutionary youth of Palestine” against Israeli soldiers come amidst the ongoing war of extermination in Gaza and the West Bank. In addition, in response to Israel’s “extended crimes that have affected our sister Arab countries, the latest of which was the targeting of the Movement’s negotiating delegation in the Qatari capital, Doha.”
Dozens Detained
On Monday, seven Israelis were killed and 15 others injured in a shooting inside a central bus station in Jerusalem, near the illegal settlement of Ramot.
Tensions have increased across the occupied West Bank in recent days while Israel intensifies its ongoing genocidal assault on Gaza, ordering nearly one million Palestinians to forcibly evacuate from Gaza City.
Once again, the occupation carries out mass arrests near Al-Firdaws Mosque in the city of Tulkarm. pic.twitter.com/Zeh26Fy1i0
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) September 12, 2025
On Thursday, the Israeli army ordered a shutdown of the town of Tulkarm, leading to the arrests of scores of Palestinian men.
Israeli Soldiers Injured
Israel’s detention campaign followed a Resistance operation that targeted an Israeli military vehicle near a checkpoint, injuring two soldiers.
Israeli Army Radio confirmed that an Israeli army vehicle “hit an explosive device at Crossing 104 near Tulkarm” injuring two soldiers.
In a statement, Al-Qassam Brigades said its fighters carried out the attack in cooperation with fighters from the Al-Quds Tulkarm Brigade.
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The Al-Quds Brigades said “a pre-prepared Shuja’ 1 explosive device” targeted “a Namer military vehicle, putting it out of service near the ‘Nitzani Oz’ checkpoint, achieving confirmed hits.”
“Our fighters also confirmed observing the landing of helicopter aircraft for evacuation,” the group stated.
(PC, AJA)
“police are investigating the motive behind the attack…” Um…three guesses? And they all begin with “geno….”?