The victim has been taken to the hospital after being initially treated at the scene. Medical staff say his condition is serious.

Police managed to arrest the assailant, who suffered light injuries in a struggle with law enforcement officers. The incident took place at Haganah train station in eastern Tel Aviv. The victim, believed to be about 20 years old, was taken to the Sheba Medical Center.

"From initial investigations it emerges that the incident was a terrorist knife attack," the Israel Police reported via their Twitter feed.

"The victim was seriously wounded and transferred to hospital for treatment. The suspect in the attack, a resident of Nablus, escaped from the scene and was detained by members of the police anti-terror unit hiding in a nearby building. A large police force is on the scene," according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

BREAKING PHOTO: IDF Soldier stabbed by Arab terrorist moments ago at Tel Aviv train station, in serious condition. http://ift.tt/1w9kIdE

— Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) November 10, 2014

The victim was an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier, according to the Times of Israel newspaper, while Channel 2 claims that young man received a stab wound to the leg.

"A young man of about 20 lay in the road adjacent to the Haganah train station," said senior Magen David paramedic Moshe Amir, who arrived early on the scene. "He was unconscious, had no pulse and was not breathing. There was a huge crowd at the scene."

"We started giving him emergency treatment, including resuscitation, until an ambulance arrived and he was taken to hospital in critical condition," Amir added, which was reported by Haaretz.

CONFIRMED: An #IDF soldier was stabbed at the HaHagana train station in Tel-Aviv by a #Palestinian suspect who was apprehended on the spot

— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) November 10, 2014

"I saw the terrorist, in a red shirt and jeans, running in the direction of Levanda Street ... I chased him, and came back and saw the soldier writhing on the ground," a witness said on Israel Radio, which was reported by Reuters. The Jerusalem Post state that the attacker was an 18 year-old from Nablus in the West Bank, whom police say entered Israel illegally. He is currently being held in custody.

Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch visited the scene following news of the attack.

Police arrest a suspect in Tel Aviv terror attack, a Palestinian from Nablus http://t.co/Iy7WBmDWec http://ift.tt/1Ekp85U

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) November 10, 2014

A spate of attacks against Israeli civilians by Palestinians in the last few weeks has left three people dead. On November 5, one person was killed and 17 wounded in two separate incidents that involved Palestinian drivers slamming their vehicles into crowds of Israelis.

BREAKING PHOTO: Knife used by terrorist stabbing IDF soldier moments ago in Tel Aviv, patient in critical condition. http://ift.tt/1wKBiEI

— Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) November 10, 2014

A truck with Palestinian number plates deliberately crashed into a group of Israeli soldiers, which injured three, as it tried to target a military checkpoint, according to the IDF. Meanwhile, another motorist slammed into pedestrians near the Jerusalem light rail, killing one Border Police officer and wounding 14 others.

On October 22, a three-month-old baby was killed and seven people were injured when a car deliberately crashed into a light rail station in Jerusalem as they were getting off a train.

SHOCKING: Billboard up in center of Nazareth calling to continue car run-over terror attacks as part of new campaign. http://ift.tt/140fmLb

— Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) November 9, 2014

The driver, who was identified as Ibrahim al-Akri, was shot by law enforcement officers as he got out of his car and began to attack civilians in the vicinity with an iron rod.

Tensions have been rising in Jerusalem after Israel blocked access to the Al-Aqsa mosque, which is Islam’s third holiest site.