Stabbing Attack in Jerusalem Left Two People Wounded

Two people were wounded in a terror stabbing attack at a hotel in Kibbutz Tzuba near Jerusalem, Israel Police said on Friday. 

A 50-year-old was critically injured in the attack, while the other, a 23-year-old, was moderately injured.

Magen David Adom (MDA) personnel administered first aid at the scene before evacuating the two to Hadassah-University Medical Center in Ein Karem.

Scene of the terror attack at the hotel in Kibbutz Tzuba, September 12, 2025. (credit: Yoav Davidkovitz/TPS)

The attacker, an Arab resident of the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, is an outside contractor who was hired as a dishwasher.

He was subdued and placed under arrest by an off-duty police officer visiting the hotel for a family event.

The Israel Police have arrested three additional suspects involved in the attack. Security forces later raided the attacker’s home in the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem.

"I was at a family event at the hotel when I noticed a crowd rushing out. I immediately realized something unusual was happening, so I shouted for people to stay calm and walk instead of running. I drew my gun, grabbed identification for myself, and ran toward the direction the crowd had fled from," the officer recalled of the attack.

"To minimize the risk to remaining civilians, I subdued the terrorist using only physical force, not gunfire. With the help of some others, we managed to pin him to the ground and put him in handcuffs."

"I noticed a person had been stabbed in the upper body and gave him first aid. It was then I saw that my cousin had also been stabbed."

Significant Border Police forces from the Mateh Yehuda station are operating at the scene.