Employee stabbed in Haifa supermarket, suspect arrested - report

Israeli media later reported that the suspected attacker was a 32-year-old Jewish resident of the city.

 MDA medics and paramedics are providing treatment and evacuating a woman, approximately 40 years old, to Rambam Hospital, in Haifa, January 6, 2025. (photo credit: MAGEN DAVID ADOM)
MDA medics and paramedics are providing treatment and evacuating a woman, approximately 40 years old, to Rambam Hospital, in Haifa, January 6, 2025.
(photo credit: MAGEN DAVID ADOM)

A woman around 40 years old was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack at a supermarket in Haifa, Israeli media reported on Monday. 

Israel Police classified the stabbing as a criminal incident.

The assailant was arrested, and the police commander, Deputy Superintendent Eyal Shahar, stated at the time of the attack that the suspicion of a terror attack was being investigated.

Israeli media later reported that the suspect was a 32-year-old Jewish resident of the city. 

Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics arrived at the scene and administered medical treatment to the victim, who was transferred to Rambam Medical Center.

This is a developing story.