Israeli soldier stabbed in West Bank

JERUSALEM

An Israeli soldier was stabbed and her weapon seized near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, the military said on Thursday.

"A report was received about a suspect, who stabbed an Israeli female soldier and snatched her personal weapon near the Nevo site in the Jordan Valley," the army said in in a statement.

"The Israeli army forces arrested the suspect and retrieved the weapon," the statement read.

The Israeli army did not provide further details about the suspect or the condition of the stabbed soldier.

*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat