United Hatzalah EMT Zev Topper stated that one of the patients treated had been beaten by passersby who mistook him for the assailant. The patient said that he screamed, “I am not the terrorist, I was chasing the terrorist. If I die, I die protecting the State of Israel.”Gal Dover, another paramedic with United Hatzalah who responded to the incident, said, “As I was treating a woman for gunshot injuries to her legs, the dispatch center informed me and my fellow EMS first responders that there were other injured people the next street over. After I finished treating the woman, I ran over to the other scene, where I treated a man for a stab wound and head injury.”In the wake of the attack, Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon called on the secretary-general to condemn the attack and the Security Council to convene an emergency session on Palestinian incitement. “This attack is a direct result of the ongoing incitement of Palestinian leadership,” he said. “The international community must take decisive and immediate steps against this incitement before it leads to more bloodshed.”President Reuven Rivlin praised the citizens who helped halt the terrorist during the attack.“The resourcefulness and courage of the citizens of Israel prevented a devastating attack again today in Petah Tikva,” he wrote on Facebook. “Alongside the security forces who work day and night to allow us to live our lives, taking responsibility for one another was and will be part of the secret of our strength.”Jerusalem Post staff contributed to this report.תיעוד דרמטי!שוטרים עוצרים את המחבל בפתח תקווה - כל העידכונים>> https://t.co/yF2aquJ714 pic.twitter.com/3dRvTURu7f
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