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Checkpoint near Jerusalem, earlier this week. (Illustrative photo, not directly related to report, from AP)
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Soldiers console each other after murder. (AP)
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| By Israel Insider staff and partners December 8, 2005 |
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A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier in the neck and killed him Thursday afternoon in an attack at the Kalandiya roadblock north of Jerusalem.
The attacker arrived at the roadblock around 3:45pm and stabbed the Israeli soldier, identified as Nir Kahana, 20, from the northern town of Tivon. He was treated at the scene by a medical team dispatched to the area, but died almost immediately after the attack.
The attacker was arrested near the town of Kalandiya, outside of Ramallah, Israel Radio reported.
Soldiers captured the 29-year-old terrorist, later identified as Yousef Abu-Adi, at the checkpoint, and he was taken in for interrogation by the Minority Department of the Jerusalem District Police. The stabber is a resident of the village of Nuema, near Ramallah, ynet reported.
Chief of Central Command Yair Naveh ordered the army to close the roadblock immediately after the terror attack. IDF officials said that "this is another example for the cynical use made by terror organizations in a place designated for easing restrictions on the Palestinian population."
Lia Nirgad of the Machsom (Checkpoint) Watch organization arrived at the area a number of minutes after the stabbing, ynet reported. "At first they blocked the traffic from both ways. Now the roadblock is open for people going to Ramallah, but those who are trying to pass from Ramallah to southern neighborhoods cannot do so."
"Large police and army forces have arrived at the roadblock. Many Palestinians have arrived and there is tremendous traffic of people returning from work. The traffic is blocked and the roadblock is closed," she said.
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