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An Israeli reporter has been accidentally stabbed on the job while demonstrating a protective vest.

Reporter Eitam Lachover was filming a story about a company making protective vests at a time when Israel is facing near-daily stabbing attacks by Palestinians.

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Linda Bar, a spokeswoman for Israel’s state broadcaster, said Lachover was asked to try on the vest and demonstrate a thwarted stabbing. But the knife penetrated the vest, lightly wounding him in the upper back.

Yaniv Montakyo, a vice-president at the company that makes the vest, told Israeli Channel 2 TV he stabbed Lachover in an area of the vest where there was no protective material. He says an earlier take was successful and did not harm the reporter.

Bar said that despite the mishap, the news item would be broadcast on Wednesday.

Lachover said on Twitter he was given stitches and was discharged from the hospital.

The Old City of Jerusalem has seen multiple stabbing attacks targeting Israelis in the last three months. Since mid-September, a wave of Palestinian attacks have killed 19 Israelis and an American student. More than 120 Palestinians have died by Israeli fire in the same period, including 81 said by Israel to be attackers.



