An Israeli employee of the Israeli Embassy in Beijing suffered an attack and was injured this Friday in circumstances that have not been made known, reported the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

The attack occurred on a street outside the embassy area and the diplomat is hospitalized in stable condition, according to a statement from said organization. A video of the attack has been spread on social networks and the harsh images of the attack show the man having been stabbed with a knife.

The Chinese authorities have not commented at the moment, but according to the statement issued by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a investigation to determine the motive for the attack.

The event follows almost a week of escalating violence between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas which has already claimed more than two thousand lives, although for now it is unknown if the aggression is related to that conflict.