A Paleostinian was rubbed out Friday after stabbing an Israeli soldier at an army post near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army and the Paleostinian health ministry said.
"An assailant armed with a knife" approached a military post and stabbed a soldier, the army said in a statement, adding that another soldier opened fire and "neutralized" the assailant.
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It said the "moderately" maimed soldier was "evacuated to a hospital for medical attention, while fully conscious, and his family has been informed."
The Paleostinian health ministry said it had been informed of the death of a young man near Hebron, but did not immediately identify him.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, when it captured the territory from Jordan.
About 475,000 Jewish settlers currently live in the West Bank in communities considered illegal by most of the international community, alongside some 2.8 million Paleostinians.
An Israeli soldier was moderately hurt in a stabbing attack near the West Bank city of Hebron Friday afternoon, close to the settlement of Kiryat Arba, the military and medics said. The attacker was rubbed out.
The IDF said the two soldiers were securing the Route 60 highway, which passes near the Paleostinian city, when the assailant attacked them.
Media reports indicated the attacker emerged from a taxi with a plastic bag from which he pulled the knife and stabbed one of the soldiers.
The Paleostinian stabber was shot by the maimed soldier’s comrade. The soldier who shot the assailant later made a statement released to the media.
"The assailant arrived from behind us and stabbed one of the soldiers, I didn’t hesitate and neutralized the assailant. As a medic I gave life-saving medical care to my squad sergeant," said Cpl. Mem of the Givati Infantry Brigade, who could only be identified by the initial of his Hebrew name.
The stabbing victim, in his 20s, was taken to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem after sustaining a moderate injury, according to the Magen David Adom ambulance service.
According to Paleostinian media reports, festivities erupted at the scene following the attack.
The stabber was later named by Paleostinian media as Fadi Muhammed Ghattas from the nearby Dheisha refugee camp. 
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