Israeli police have said a man was shot dead after stabbing an Israeli soldier at a bus station in the southern city of Beersheva, AFP reports.

Another soldier was wounded in the attack, police have said, while the Israeli army has said one of its troops then “neutralised the terrorist”.

The Israeli military has said an “IDF officer was lightly injured as a result of a stabbing attack” as police said the attacker was killed by gunfire.

Israeli media has said the attacker was a young Israeli citizen whose Bedouin clan hails from the Negev desert region, of which Beersheva is the largest city.

“We know his identity and are working to understand the motives,” police said. There have been a series of deadly knife attacks across Israel and the occupied West Bank since October 7.