The attack was carried out on an employee of the Israeli embassy in Beijing.

According to the publication, the victim was hospitalized with a knife wound, his condition is assessed by doctors as stable.
The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
The attack took place against the background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Middle East after the infiltration of militants of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7. Hamas considers the attack a response to the actions of the Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Israel announced a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, began to strike at it and certain areas of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank of the Jordan River. More than 1.5 thousand people were killed on the Palestinian side. More than 7.2 thousand people were injured, up to 1.5 thousand people became victims of the conflict on the Israeli side, almost 4 thousand were injured.