Below is a review of major terror attacks
against Israeli civilians that have occurred since Rosh Hashana (13
September 2015). This is a partial list that does not include attacks thwarted
by the security forces or the many instances of rock throwing and Molotov
cocktails that did not result in very severe injuries.
13 Sept. Jerusalem:
rock attack at a car, on Erev Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year), resulted in
death of driver, Alexander Levlovitz. Four Palestinian youths arrested.
1.Oct. Near Nablus
in Samaria: Rabbi Eitam Henkin (31) and wife Naama (30) murdered in a drive-by
shooting while traveling with their four young children (aged 9, 7, 4, and 4
months). Security forces arrested members of Hamas cell responsible.
3 Oct. Jerusalem:
Two killed in stabbing attack near Lion’s Gate. Aharon Banita-Bennet (22) was
stabbed to death on the way to the Western Wall in the Old City on Saturday evening
with his wife and two young children. His wife and two-year-old son were
wounded. Rabbi Nehemia Lavi (father of seven), who came to the aid of the
Banita-Bennett family, was attacked and stabbed to death. Police shot and
killed the attacker.
4 Oct. Jerusalem:
Moshe Malka (15) was stabbed and wounded (near light rail stop) on his way to
prayers at the Western Wall. Terrorist was shot dead by security forces.
7 Oct. Petach
Tikva: Knife attack at shopping mall wounded one man. The knife
broke, preventing further victims. Bystanders apprehended the terrorist.
Gush Etzion, Judea, south of Jerusalem – woman
(38), driving from her home in Tekoa, was attacked by Arabs, who threw rocks at
her and tried to drag her from her car. Lightly wounded, she succeeded in
closing the car door and escaped.
Jerusalem: Palestinian woman (18) stabbed 36-year-old Jewish man
at Lion’s Gate of the Old City. The victim, moderately wounded, shot and
wounded the terrorist.
Kiryat Gat (southeast of Tel Aviv) – terrorist stabbed
an IDF soldier and snatched his gun, then ran into a nearby apartment, where a
woman was just returning home. She fought with him and managed to flee. The
terrorist was killed by police.
8 Oct. Tel
Aviv: Female soldier and three others stabbed. Terrorist was shot
and killed.
Jerusalem: Yeshiva student (25) was seriously injured and another
man lightly injured in stabbing attack near the light rail. Terrorist (age 19)
arrested.
Kiryat Arba (Jewish town near Hebron, south of
Jerusalem): Man (31) seriously wounded in stabbing attack. Victim evacuated to
Jerusalem hospital. Terrorist escaped.
Afula (town in Galilee): Soldier stabbed by Arab (20, from Jenin
in West Bank), who was apprehended by bystanders and held for police. The
soldier was taken to hospital in moderate-to-serious condition.
9 Oct. Samaria, northwest of Jerusalem: Five
Israelis, three of them children, were lightly wounded by rocks thrown at their
vehicle.
Jerusalem
(Shmuel HaNavi St.): Jewish boy (16) was beaten and stabbed and lightly
injured. Attacker (18, from Hebron in West Bank) was later apprehended by
police.
Kiryat
Arba: Terrorist stabbed a police officer (47) and tried to grab his
gun. Other officers shot him.
Afula:
Female terrorist tried to stab a security guard at the Central Bus Station. She
was shot and wounded.
10 Oct. Jerusalem: (Sabbath morning) Arab (16)
stabbed two Jewish men in their 60s near Damascus Gate, leaving them
moderately and lightly wounded, respectively. The terrorist then attacked Border Police officers, who
shot and killed him.
Jerusalem
(near Damascus Gate): Palestinian (19, from Shuafat) stabbed two police
officers. Nearby police shot and killed him, and accidently wounded a third
officer. Officers in serious-to-moderate condition.
Jerusalem (Shmuel HaNavi St.): Bus driver lightly injured by stones
thrown at the bus.
Gush
Etzion (south of Jerusalem): Woman (53) lightly injured by broken glass
when stones were thrown at her car.
Maaleh Adumim-Jerusalem highway: Police
officer lightly injured when he pulled over a driver acting suspiciously, and
the (female) driver set off an explosive device. Gas canisters were found
in the car. The terrorist was seriously wounded.
Northern
Israel, between Hadera and Afula): Four injured at bus station in a
combined ramming/stabbing attack. Female soldier (19) in serious condition (as of 13 Oct still critical); girl
(turned 15 that day) in moderate condition; two men (45, 20) in light condition.
Terrorist first rammed his car into two of the victims, then got out and
started stabbing. The terrorist (20, from Umm el Fahm in northern Israel) was
apprehended with the help of bystanders.
12 Oct. Jerusalem: Stabbing attack foiled at Lion’s Gate
in Jerusalem’s Old City. Terrorist (18, from eastern Jerusalem) was shot and
killed.
Jerusalem (Ammunition Hill, northern Jerusalem): Border policeman
was stabbed and lightly injured by a female terrorist (16). The officer managed
to shoot and stop her, and she was evacuated to hospital.
Jerusalem (Pisgat Zeev in northern Jerusalem): Two terrorists
(ages 13 and 17) stabbed and seriously wounded a man (25) and a boy (13) riding
his bicycle. Police shot and killed one terrorist and apprehended the second.
The boy is in critical condition.
Jerusalem – near bridge at entrance to city, 8:30 pm: Terrorist
(22) on bus stabbed a soldier (19) and tried to grab his gun. After a struggle,
the terrorist was shot and killed by a police officer.
13 Oct. Ra’anana
(center of country, northeast of Tel Aviv): Two stabbing attacks in the
morning, an hour apart: The first at a bus stop in the center of town, in which
a man (32) suffered light wounds; the attacker (22, from eastern Jerusalem) was
subdued by passers-by and held until the police arrived. The second attack
resulted in one seriously wounded and three lightly wounded; the terrorist (a
construction worker at nearby Beit Levinstein) was arrested.
Jerusalem: Shooting and stabbing attack on bus in southern
Jerusalem neighborhood (Armon Hanatziv). Two (ages 60 & 45)) killed, 15
wounded, several seriously. Police shot and killed one of the 2 terrorist
perpetrators and apprehended the second (both from Jabel Muqaber).
Jerusalem: Ramming-stabbing attack at a bus stop not far from the
Central Bus Station. One killed, several injured. The perpetrator, a resident
of eastern Jerusalem (Jabel Muqaber), was an employee of Bezeq, Israel’s main
telephone service provider.
14 Oct. Jerusalem:
Woman (72) stabbed and injured while waiting for a bus at the Central Bus
Station. Terrorist shot and killed.
Jerusalem, Damascus Gate at the Old City: Terrorist (19) from
Hebron lightly injured two people before being shot and killed by the security
forces.
Jerusalem: Attack foiled by
Border Police. Officers who boarded a bus full of passengers discovered a knife
hidden under a seat. The owner of the knife had boarded the bus with a young
child in his arms to allay suspicion.
16 Oct. Hebron
(Zayit junction outside Kiryat Arba): Palestinian terrorist disguised as a
photojournalist stabbed and moderately wounded an IDF soldier. A second soldier
shot and killed him.
Joseph’s Tomb, Nablus: Hundreds of Palestinian rioters set fire
to the tomb, which suffered severe damage. The site is under the control of the
PA, which is required by previous agreements to protect it and all Jewish holy
sites under its control. Jewish worshippers have limited access to the tomb.
17 Oct. Jerusalem
(Armon Hanatziv neighborhood): Terrorist (16, from Jabel Mukaber) tried to stab
Border Police officers; one of the officers shot and killed him.
Hebron: Three separate attacks: (1) Palestinian tried to stab a
civilian walking back from morning prayers; the civilian shot and killed the
terrorist with his personal firearm.
(2) Palestinian woman
(16) stabbed and lightly wounded a female Border Police officer, who shot and
killed her.
(3) Terrorist (18)
from Hebron, stabbed and moderately wounded an IDF soldier at Police
checkpoint. Second soldier shot and critically wounded attacker.
Kalandiya checkpoint (north of Jerualem): Terrorist tried to stab
police officer, and was shot in lower body; then tried to stab a bomb squad
officer. Another officer shot and killed him.
18 Oct. Beer
Sheva: IDF soldier, Omri Levy (19). was murdered and about 11
civillians and police officers (one soldier seriously) wounded when a terrorist
armed with a knife and a pistol entered the central bus station, shot the
soldier, grabbed his gun and started shooting. Police officers shot and killed
the terrorist, an Israeli Bedouin (21) from the town of Hura. An Eritrean
asylum seeker, who was mistaken for a second terrorist and shot by police, died
of his wounds.
20 Oct. near
Hebron: A soldier was lightly wounded by a knife-wielding
Palestinian during riots. Soldiers shot and killed the Palestinian (24), a
resident of nearby Beit Awa.
Fawwar, southwest of
Hebron:
Avraham Asher Hasno (54) was run over and killed by a truck after his
vehicle was stoned.
Gush Etzion junction: Attempted
ramming-stabbing. A soldier (20) and a civilian (21) were lightly injured. The
terrorist was shot and killed.
Hebron: Two Palestinians stabbed an IDF soldier, lightly wounding
him. The attackers (aged 15 and 17) were shot and killed.
21 Oct. Yitzhar
(a Jewish community in Samaria): Attack foiled when security forces noticed a
woman (15) approaching the gate armed with a knife. The woman was shot and
apprehended.
North of Jerusalem (Kikar Adam): Two terrorists stabbed female
soldier (19), seriously wounding her. When one of the terrorists charged
another soldier to stab her, the soldier shot and killed him. The other
attacker was apprehended.
Maale Adumim (east of Jerusalem):
Attack foiled when security forces found home-made explosive devices in a car.
Two Palestinians were arrested.
Gush Etzion, near Bethlehem (Route 60): Five soldiers injured –
After their vehicle was stoned, the soldiers got out to arrest the
stone-throwers and were rammed by a Palestinian car. The attacking driver was
shot and seriously wounded.
22 Oct. Beit
Shemesh (central Israel): A yeshiva student (18) was lightly injured in
a stabbing attack by two Palestinians, who were shot by police.
23 Oct. Route
60, north of Jerusalem: Five family members – parents and 3 children –
were lightly to moderately wounded when Palestinian terrorists threw a firebomb
at their vehicle.
23-24 Oct. Jerusalem:
Two knifing attacks were thwarted.
24 Oct. Gilboa
(Jalama) crossing, north of Jenin in the West Bank: A young Palestinian
(16) posing as a sweets vendor tried to stab a security guard and was shot and
killed.
Tel Aviv: Possible stabbing attack thwarted when a 17-year-old
resident of the Palestinian village of Yatta was arrested due to suspicious
behavior while holding a screwdriver.
25 Oct. Metzad
(Gush Etzion bloc): Ambush and stabbing attack – An Israeli driver (58)
was forced to stop on the road, which was blocked. A terrorist smashed his
windshield and stabbed him repeatedly. The Israeli managed to shoot him in the
legs. He was taken to hospital in moderate condition. A man who was reportedly
admitted to the hospital in Hebron in serious condition is evidently the
terrorist.
Hebron: Female Arab terrorist (17, from Hebron) attempted to stab
border police officers with a knife. The officers shot her and she died from
the wounds.
Ariel junction (Samaria): Israeli (25) waiting for a ride was
stabbed by a Palestinian (26, from a village near Nablus), who fled. Security
forces located and arrested him later that evening.
26 Oct. Kiryat
Arbah (Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem): Israeli seriously injured in
stabbing attack this morning. The attacker was shot and killed.