Israeli police said in a statement that a Palestinian resident of the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem stabbed guests at a hotel in the Tzova settlement on the outskirts of the city.
She added: "A policeman staying at the hotel noticed what was happening and arrested him. A large force is present at the scene."
For its part, the Israeli army radio reported that two Israelis were injured in a stabbing attack on the outskirts of Jerusalem, one of them seriously, and the other slightly.
For its part, the private Israeli Channel 12 reported that the suspect in the stabbing attack is a 28-year-old resident of Jerusalem, noting that he has been arrested.
A video clip circulating on social media showed panic among hotel guests following the stabbing.
For its part, Hamas considered the stabbing attack in occupied Jerusalem a "natural" response to Israeli crimes and settler attacks, and a blow to the occupation's "security apparatus."
Hamas said in a statement that "the stabbing attack carried out by one of Palestine's heroes in Jerusalem on Friday afternoon is a natural response to the crimes of the terrorist enemy and its settler gangs, and constitutes a new blow to the occupation's security apparatus and its delusions of halting the wave of resistance deeply rooted in the souls of our people."
She pointed out that these operations come amid the ongoing war of genocide in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as its extension to "our sister Arab countries, the most recent of which was the targeting of the movement's negotiating delegation in the Qatari capital, Doha," according to the statement.
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On Tuesday, the Israeli occupation army launched an airstrike on the Hamas leadership in Doha. Qatar condemned the attack, reiterating its right to respond to the attack, which killed a member of the internal security forces.
Hamas announced that its negotiating delegation, led by its head in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, survived an assassination attempt, which killed his office director, Jihad Labad, his son, Humam al-Hayya, and three bodyguards.
The movement reiterated its assertion that "the option of confrontation with the occupier is the natural response to its crimes and brutal massacres in the Gaza Strip, the attacks of fascist settlers in the cities and villages of the West Bank and Jerusalem, and its desperate attempts to impose annexation and displacement."
She called on the Palestinians to "continue to confront the occupation by all means until it is driven from the land and the holy sites."
Israeli cities and settlements occasionally witness stabbing and shooting attacks that result in deaths and injuries, while Palestinian factions view them as a "natural response" to the genocide committed by Tel Aviv in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
The Israeli genocide left 64,718 Palestinians martyred, 163,859 wounded, most of them children and women, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that claimed the lives of 411 Palestinians, including 142 children.
