Critical injury to an Israeli religious official in a stabbing attack near Tel Aviv

Media sources reported today, Thursday, that a prominent religious official in the Bnei Brak municipality sustained very critical injuries after being subjected to a stabbing attack in the Ramat Gan area, located east of Tel Aviv. The sources clarified that the target is "Gedalia Ben Shimon," who holds the position of head of the Religious Council in the area and is a member of the municipal council, and he was transferred to the hospital in a difficult health condition.

According to Hebrew media reports, the perpetrator of the attack is a young Palestinian from the town of "Jatt" in the territories occupied in 1948. Video documentation showed the young man approaching the Israeli official and surprising him with several stabs in different parts of his body, followed by assaulting him with blows before leaving the scene.

Following the attack, Israeli occupation forces launched extensive search operations in the area surrounding the attack site, which resulted in the arrest of the perpetrator at a nearby point. This operation comes amidst a state of escalating security tension within the occupied cities and areas adjacent to the economic and political center of gravity in Tel Aviv.

The perpetrator surprised the Israeli official by delivering successive stabs before beating him and withdrawing from the scene.