The 20-year old Israeli killed in a stabbing attack at a gas station on Route 443, north of Jerusalem, on Monday, was an IDF soldier, the army announced.
The soldier was identified as 18-year-old Private Ziv Mizrachi from Givat Ze’ev. Ze’ev was a driver in a unit that operates surveillance balloons.
Israeli security examines the body of a Palestinian attacker who killed an Israeli soldier in a gas station on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. A Palestinian attacker stabbed to death an Israeli at a gas station north-west of Jerusalem, in the West Bank, before being caught and shot dead himself, the Israeli military said. (Credit: EPA)
Israeli security personnel stand next to the covered body of a Palestinian who attacked an Israeli couple as they exited their car in a gas station Route 443, a highway that runs through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. The Palestinian who killed a 20-year-old Israeli man and injured the woman he was with before Israeli solders on the scene shot and killed the attacker. The Palestinian man’s feet can be seen under the plastic cover. (Credit: EPA)
Israeli Police stand next to the covered body of Israeli soldier get killed in a stabbing attack in a gas station on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. A Palestinian attacker stabbed to death an Israeli at a gas station north-west of Jerusalem, in the West Bank, before being caught and shot dead himself, the Israeli military said. (Credit: EPA)
Israeli Police stand next to the body of Israeli soldier who was attacked by a Palestinian in a gas station Route 443, a highway that runs through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. A Palestinian attacker stabbed to death an Israeli at a gas station north-west of Jerusalem, in the West Bank, before being caught and shot dead himself, the Israeli military said. (Credit: EPA)
VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH An Israeli soldier and medics gather around the body of an Israeli soldier who was stabbed and killed by a Palestinian at a petrol station before the Palestinian was shot dead by soldiers near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)
VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH The body of an Israeli soldier, who was stabbed and killed by a Palestinian at a petrol station, is covered near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)
An Israeli female soldier reacts at the scene where a Palestinian stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier at a petrol station before he was shot dead by soldiers near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)
An Israeli policeman walks at the scene where a Palestinian stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier at a petrol station before he was shot dead by soldiers near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)
Israeli medics stand at the scene where a Palestinian stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier at a petrol station before he was shot dead by soldiers, near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)
VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH Israeli soldiers and police stand near the body of a Palestinian, who stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier at a petrol station, after he was shot dead by soldiers near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)
VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH Israeli soldiers and police stand near the body of a Palestinian, who stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier at a petrol station, after he was shot dead by soldiers near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)
Israeli security personnel stand at the covered body of a Palestinian attacker who killed an Israel soldier in a gas station on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. The attacker was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. One other Israeli soldier was wounded. (Credit: EPA)
An Israeli soldier stands near the bodies of two dead Palestinians who attacked Israeli soldiers at a gas station on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. First reports say a female Israeli soldier was killed in the attack and another injured. The attacker was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. Feet can be seen at left, and a hand at right under plastic covering the dead. (Credit: EPA)
Israeli security personnel stand near the bodiy of a dead Palestinian attacker who killed an Israeli soldier at a gas station on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. The attacker was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. (Credit: EPA)
An Israeli soldier stands guard at a gas station where a Palestinian attacker killed an Israel soldier on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. The attacker was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. One other Israeli soldier was wounded. (Credit: EPA)
The soldier was identified as 18-year-old Private Ziv Mizrachi from Givat Ze’ev. Ze’ev was a driver in a unit that operates surveillance balloons.
MDA paramedics also treated a woman in her twenties, a soldier as well, who suffered light injuries.
The suspected terrorist was shot and killed.
The IDF sent reinforcements to Route 443 following the attack. Soldiers were also searching for additional people who may have been wounded by the attacker.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, scheduled to meet on Tuesday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders at loggerheads since their peace negotiations under his auspices stalled in April 2014, sounded circumspect about his latest mission.
“This is an effort to see if we can get some concrete steps in place – begin to build them, maybe – that could calm things down a little bit so people aren’t living in absolute, daily terror that they might be stabbed or driven into or shot trying to walk around their city,” he said during a visit to Abu Dhabi.
“It happens almost every day over there and it’s terrible, and too many Israelis have been killed and stabbed, and too many Palestinians,” Kerry told reporters. “And there’s no excuse for any of the violence.”
Israeli Police stand next to the body of Israeli soldier who was attacked by a Palestinian in a gas station Route 443, a highway that runs through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi'in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. EPA
Israeli security examines the body of a Palestinian attacker who killed an Israeli soldier in a gas station on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. A Palestinian attacker stabbed to death an Israeli at a gas station north-west of Jerusalem, in the West Bank, before being caught and shot dead himself, the Israeli military said. (Credit: EPA)Israeli security personnel stand next to the covered body of a Palestinian who attacked an Israeli couple as they exited their car in a gas station Route 443, a highway that runs through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. The Palestinian who killed a 20-year-old Israeli man and injured the woman he was with before Israeli solders on the scene shot and killed the attacker. The Palestinian man’s feet can be seen under the plastic cover. (Credit: EPA)Israeli Police stand next to the covered body of Israeli soldier get killed in a stabbing attack in a gas station on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. A Palestinian attacker stabbed to death an Israeli at a gas station north-west of Jerusalem, in the West Bank, before being caught and shot dead himself, the Israeli military said. (Credit: EPA)Israeli Police stand next to the body of Israeli soldier who was attacked by a Palestinian in a gas station Route 443, a highway that runs through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. A Palestinian attacker stabbed to death an Israeli at a gas station north-west of Jerusalem, in the West Bank, before being caught and shot dead himself, the Israeli military said. (Credit: EPA)VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH An Israeli soldier and medics gather around the body of an Israeli soldier who was stabbed and killed by a Palestinian at a petrol station before the Palestinian was shot dead by soldiers near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH The body of an Israeli soldier, who was stabbed and killed by a Palestinian at a petrol station, is covered near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)An Israeli female soldier reacts at the scene where a Palestinian stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier at a petrol station before he was shot dead by soldiers near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)An Israeli policeman walks at the scene where a Palestinian stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier at a petrol station before he was shot dead by soldiers near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)Israeli medics stand at the scene where a Palestinian stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier at a petrol station before he was shot dead by soldiers, near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH Israeli soldiers and police stand near the body of a Palestinian, who stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier at a petrol station, after he was shot dead by soldiers near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH Israeli soldiers and police stand near the body of a Palestinian, who stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier at a petrol station, after he was shot dead by soldiers near the West Bank village of Khirbit Al-Misbah between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv November 23, 2015. (Credit: REUTERS)Israeli security personnel stand at the covered body of a Palestinian attacker who killed an Israel soldier in a gas station on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. The attacker was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. One other Israeli soldier was wounded. (Credit: EPA)An Israeli soldier stands near the bodies of two dead Palestinians who attacked Israeli soldiers at a gas station on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. First reports say a female Israeli soldier was killed in the attack and another injured. The attacker was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. Feet can be seen at left, and a hand at right under plastic covering the dead. (Credit: EPA)Israeli security personnel stand near the bodiy of a dead Palestinian attacker who killed an Israeli soldier at a gas station on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. The attacker was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. (Credit: EPA)An Israeli soldier stands guard at a gas station where a Palestinian attacker killed an Israel soldier on Route 443 running through the West Bank from the large Israeli town of Modi’in to Jerusalem, near Beit Khoron, 23 November 2015. The attacker was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. One other Israeli soldier was wounded. (Credit: EPA)
