Israeli wounded in occupied West Bank stabbing

Israeli forces launch wide search in Jordan Valley after stabbing incident in the occupied West Bank village of al-Auja.Israeli forces have launched search operations in the Jordan Valley after an Israeli man was wounded in a stabbing attack in a village in the eastern occupied West Bank.Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported on Sunday, citing a security source, that the man was stabbed at a commercial complex on the main road near the village of al-Auja.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Palestinian victims of Israeli settler attacks face battle for justicelist 2 of 3Palestinian teen shot and killed in West Bank attack, UN respondslist 3 of 3Over 100 ex-diplomats urge France, UK to sanction Israel over Palestineend of listThe victim, a man aged in his 20s, was moderately wounded, Israeli police said.The suspect escaped from the scene after carrying out the attack, according to the Israeli army, which launched a large-scale search operation in the area, supported by a substantial police presence.The army said it had set up roadblocks in the village and the surrounding areas. The military is “in constant contact with the residents and security forces in the area”, it said in a post on Telegram.The Palestinian group Hamas said the attack was a response to what it called Israeli violations and military operations in the occupied West Bank and Palestinian territories, as well as an escalation of violations at the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem.“This operation demonstrates that our people are determined to resist the occupation in every part of Palestine, despite all the campaigns of oppression, persecution, and escalating terrorism against our people,” it said in a statement.The incident comes amid a rise in state-backed Israeli settler violence against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began in October 2023.