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