Arutz 7 reported that during the attack, an additional soldier from his battalion was severely injured.

The IDF announced on Wednesday that Sergeant Aleksandr Iakiminskyi, aged 19 from Nahariya, was murdered in a stabbing attack in a mall in Karmiel in northern Israel.

Iakiminskyi served as a driver in the 71st Battalion, 188th Brigade. During the attack, an additional soldier from his battalion was severely injured.

The terrorist, Joad Rabia', a 20-year-old Israeli Arab from Nahef, a town adjacent to Karmiel, was eliminated by the soldier who was killed. The terrorist's mother, father, sister, and brother came to the mall after the attack and were arrested.

Through his brave act, Iakiminskyi saved his friend's life, as well as the lives of many others in the mall, which was packed on one of the first days of summer vacation.