IDF Officer Who Lost Arm Fighting in Gaza Among Wounded in Tel Aviv Stabbing

Captain A., left, speaks with another Israel Defense Forces captain at a hospital in Tel Aviv, Jan. 21, 2025. (Courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit) (Courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Captain A. pursued the terrorist and was wounded in his remaining hand after the assailant targeted one of the soldier’s friends.

By JNS

An Israel Defense Forces officer who lost his right arm fighting against Hamas in Gaza was among the four people wounded in Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Tel Aviv.

The officer, an armored corps captain identified only as A., told Israel’s Channel 12 News that the terrorist, a 29-year-old Moroccan citizen with permanent residency status in the United States, had tried to stab one of his friends.

A. pursued the terrorist to incapacitate him, sustaining minor injuries to his left hand, he told Channel 12 at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, from which he is expected to be discharged soon.

“I look forward to returning to the company commander course tomorrow and continuing as usual,” he said.

The terrorist was shot and killed by security forces at the scene of the attack.

One of the victims was admitted in moderate-to-serious condition and rushed to an operating room to be treated for a stab wound to the neck, Ichilov Hospital said late Tuesday night. Another victim was moderately wounded, and two suffered light wounds.

The assailant entered Israel as a tourist just days earlier and reportedly arrived in central Tel Aviv on a motorcycle together with a second suspect who fled the scene.