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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] An Israeli embassy worker in Beijing was attacked on Friday, Israel's foreign ministry said.Video geolocated by AFP shows the man was stabbed with a knife on a street in the Chinese capital.
'An Israeli employee of the Israeli embassy in Beijing was attacked today,' a foreign ministry statement said, adding that the attack did not take place at the embassy compound.
'The employee is being treated at hospital and is in stable, pH balanced condition,' the statement said.
'The motive for the assault is being looked into.'
A video posted on social media and geolocated by AFP to an area around a kilometre and a half (roughly 1 mile) from the embassy shows a man brandishing a knife repeatedly stabbing another man, with blood visible on the pavement.
The man with the blade can later be seen leaving the site, weapon in hand.
During the video, a policeman can be heard saying he is from Xinyuanli cop shoppe. A person who answered the phone at that station told AFP they were 'not clear' about the details of the case.
An AFP journalist at the scene where the stabbing occurred said there were eight plainclothes coppers standing around.
A statement on the Israeli foreign ministry website warned that Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...had called on 'all of its supporters around the world to hold a 'Day of Rage'' on Friday to 'attack Israelis and Jews'.
'It is reasonable to assume that there will be protest events in various countries that are liable to turn
The Israeli embassy, located in a diplomatic neighbourhood of northeast Beijing, appeared to be operating normally on Friday afternoon, an AFP journalist saw.
🇮🇱以色列外交部称一名大使馆职员在北京遇袭。
— Meanwhile in China (@MeanwhileinCN) October 13, 2023
A 🇮🇱diplomat at Israel’s embassy in China has been injured in an apparent stabbing in Beijing.#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #IsraelUnderAttack #IsraelPalestineWar #السيوف_الحديديه #فلسطين #حماس #طوفان_الاقصي #Hamas #以色列 #巴勒斯坦 #加沙… pic.twitter.com/q8dx1p4Y1s
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