On Wednesday around 10:30 PM, an Arab man armed with an axe arrived at an apartment in Jerusalem’s Old City and attacked the woman living inside. After charging at her and striking her with the weapon, the suspect fled into the alleys of the Old City. The victim, a woman in her 50s, sustained moderate injuries to her upper body and was evacuated to the hospital while conscious for further medical treatment.
The injured woman was transported to Shaare Zedek Hospital, where she stated that she was attacked in her home by a member of a minority. Police have launched an investigation and are exploring all possible leads.
MDA Spokesperson Zaki Heller reported: At 10:23 PM, MDA’s 101 dispatch center in the Jerusalem district received a report of a woman who had been attacked on Or HaChaim Street in the Old City of Jerusalem. MDA EMTs and paramedics are on the scene, providing medical treatment to a woman around 50 years old, who is in moderate condition, conscious, and suffering from upper body injuries.
MDA Senior EMT Yossi Kasuto reported: “I was dispatched by the MDA control center to my neighbor’s home. Upon arrival, I found a woman around 50 years old, fully conscious, with injuries to her upper body. I provided life-saving medical treatment before transferring her to MDA’s special all-terrain vehicle, which evacuated her through the alleys while treatment continued. She was then handed over to the mobile intensive care unit (MICU) waiting at Zion Gate, where we transported her to the hospital while continuing medical care. Her condition was moderate and stable.”
