AKIPRESS.COM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dog Kaia was responsible for two mild injuries incurred by members of Israel’s political elite Wednesday.

At a Hanukkah candle lighting for Likud MKs hosted by the prime minister at his Jerusalem residence, the usually mild-mannered canine bit MK Sharren Haskel and attorney Or Alon, husband of Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, Times of Israel said.

Haskel, a trained veterinary nurse, took to the former pound dweller immediately, playing with Kaia until at one point, startled by the growing commotion and crowds at the residence, Kaia bit her hand.

The prime minister, according to witnesses visibly embarrassed, accompanied the young lawmaker to a side room where his on-duty paramedics bandaged her hand.

Both injured victims stayed for the candlelighting, appearing cheerfully in photographs with the prime minister.

Kaia was adopted by the Netanyahus in July 2015 after the son, Avner, found her at a pound about to be put down.