A Palestinian man stabbed and wounded two people in a suspected terror attack at a hotel in Kibbutz Tzuba near Jerusalem on Friday, police and medics said.

The wounded are a 50-year-old man, seriously injured, and a 23-year-old man, moderately injured. Both were conscious and suffering from stab wounds, the hospital said.

The assailant was an employee of the hotel, with a history of security offenses, according to the police. He is from Shuafat in East Jerusalem.

Three other people have been arrested, and are suspected of involvement in the incident, the police said.

Hamas praised the incident as a “heroic stabbing attack” that deals a “new blow to the occupation’s security apparatus.” However, the terror group did not take responsibility for the stabbing.

Channel 12 reported, citing eyewitnesses, that the attacker took a knife from the hotel kitchen and shouted “Allahu akbar” before........

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