Kerry visits Israel in four days.
Four Israelis were stabbed and wounded in the country’s south on Saturday while violence continued to roil the West Bank ahead of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit next week.
Police also raided and shut down a Palestinian radio station in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, and a Palestinian fireman was allegedly shot by Israeli forces.
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Via Times of Israel:
The suspected terrorist who stabbed four people, including a 13-year-old girl, in an attack in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat on Saturday evening, was caught by police after a five-hour manhunt.
The man is said to be a Palestinian from the Hebron area working in Israel illegally . Police said he was caught hiding in the yard outside a private residence in the city with the weapon in his possession.
He was said to have been injured after being hit by a car while fleeing, according to Hebrew media reports.
The suspect was arrested and transferred to the Shin Bet (Israel’s Security Agency) for interrogation, police said.
Two other illegal Palestinian workers were also arrested on suspicion of helping the attacker carry out the assault, police said.