Wave of terror October 2015

Wave of Terror Through March 2016

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    Below is a review of major terror attacks against Israeli civilians that have occurred since the Jewish New Year (13 September 2015). This is a partial list that does not include most of the daily instances of riots, rock throwing (1002 since October) and Molotov cocktails (228 since October). The summary at the beginning includes attacks with no injuries and attacks thwarted by Israeli security forces.

     

    Terror by numbers

    ·         Since 13 September 2015, 34 people have been killed in terrorist attacks. Since the beginning of October 2015, 394 people were injured (including 4 Palestinians).

    ·         There have been: 201 stabbing attacks; 81 shootings; and 41 vehicular (ramming) attacks

     

     






    March 9

    Jerusalem, near Damascus Gate: Two Palestinians opened fire on police officers and civilians near the light rail

    stop opposite Damascus Gate. A 50-year-old man, resident of East Jerusalem, was seriously wounded. Both

    assailants were shot and killed.

     

    March 8 

    Tel Aviv-Jaffa: 29-year-old Taylor Force, an American tourist, was stabbed to death, and 11 other civilians were

    wounded to varying degrees by a Palestinian assailant, among them wife of the victim and a pregnant woman.

    The stabbing spree began near the Jaffa port, and the assailant escaped on foot along the Tel Aviv beach

    promenade, stabbing passersby and motorists before he was shot and killed by police.

     

    Petah Tikva: Stabbing attack. A 40-year-old man was moderately wounded by a Palestinian attacker. The victim

    removed the knife from his neck, and stabbed the attacker to death.

     

    Jerusalem, near Damascus Gate: Two Border Police officers were wounded, one critically, when a terrorist on a

    motorcycle opened fire with an automatic weapon on Salah a-Din Street, near Damascus Gate. The assailant

    was shot and killed.

     

    Jerusalem, Old City: A Palestinian woman approached Border Police officers, drew a knife from her bag and

    tried to stab them. She was shot and killed.


    March 4

    Gush Etzion junction: Ramming attack – A woman rammed her car into a group of soldiers, injuring one soldier

    (20). The attacker was shot and killed. A knife was found in her car.​


    March 3

    Uja, Jordan Valley: A police officer directing traffic

    on Route 90 was stabbed by a 14-year-old girl from

    the nearby village. The lightly injured officer

    managed to arrest the attacker without shooting.


    Rahelim, Samaria, north of Jerusalem: Shooting attack on a police car; an officer was lightly wounded.

     

    March 2 

    Har Bracha, Samaria: Stabbing attack – two soldiers were wounded, one moderately and one lightly. The two

    attackers fled.

    Eli (north of Jerusalem): An attempt to massacre a family ended in two terrorists killed and one Jewish man

    lightly injured. Around 6 a.m., two terrorists (17) waited outside a house in an outlying neighborhood of Eli.

    When the man opened the door to go to morning prayers, one of the terrorists rushed in and attacked him with

    a knife and a wooden club. The man succeeded in pushing the terrorist out and locking the door, thus

    protecting his wife and 5 children inside the house. Local security forces responded quickly and killed the two

    terrorists.

     

    February 26 

    Maaleh Adumim: A security guard (48) at the shopping center was very seriously wounded by a terrorist armed

    with an axe. The terrorist worked in one of the stores in the shopping center and the two men knew each other.

    The suspected attacker was arrested on 28 February.

     

    February 24 

    Gush Etzion junction: Maj. (res.) Eliav Gelman (30) died after being critically wounded by a bullet fired by IDF

    forces to neutralize a terrorist who was attempting to stab him. IDF soldiers shot and moderately wounded the

    terrorist, identified as a math teacher in a Hebron area school.

    Jerusalem: Police apprehended two men with pipe bombs and ammunition hidden in their bagel cart near

    Herod's Gate in the Old City.

     

    February 21 

    Tapuah Junction (Samaria): A young Palestinian woman aroused suspicions of border police officers at the

    junction when she attempted to approach the area where Jews were waiting for rides. A large knife was found

    in her possession. The woman was arrested and taken in for questioning, where she confessed that Palestinian

    social networks, which encourage violence against Jews, influenced her decision to carry out an attack.

    Near Hebron: A 14-year-old Palestinian who tried to open the door of a military vehicle and stab one of the

    soldiers was arrested.

    Bitot Junction (near Nablus): In the third attempted stabbing of the day, a 15-year-old assailant was arrested

    while trying to stab a soldier.

     

    February 20 

    Jerusalem, near Damascus Gate: Attempted stabbing attack foiled – An 18-year-old Palestinian man was

    arrested when he pulled out a knife in an attempt to stab border policemen.

     

    February 19 

    Jerusalem, Damascus Gate: Two Border Police officers were wounded in a stabbing attack. The assailant, 20, 

    entered the gate, then assaulted the officers from behind. He was shot and killed by one of the officers. A 

    50-year-old Palestinian woman was lightly wounded from shrapnel.


    Silwad (northeast of Ramallah): A terrorist who attempted to run over IDF soldiers was shot and killed.

     

    February 18 

    Sha’ar Binyamin (industrial center north of Jerusalem): Off-duty St.-Sgt. Tuvia Yanai Weissman was killed while

    trying to stop two Palestinian teenage terrorists from stabbing shoppers at a Rami Levy supermarket. He was

    shopping with his wife and 4-month-old baby. Another person was moderately wounded. The assailants, both 

    14 from Beitunia near Ramallah, were shot. One was killed, the other wounded.


    February 15 

    Jerusalem: near the Damascus Gate. A young Palestinian woman was arrested following an attempted stabbing attack. Security forces approached the woman who aroused their suspicion. She then pulled out a large knife, and was immediately stopped. A second knife was found in her possession.

     

    February 14

    Jerusalem: near the Damascus Gate. A group of police officers noticed a suspicious man with a bag in his hand. They approached him and instructed him to stop and put down his bag. He then pulled out a homemade automatic rifle and aimed it at the officers, who responded quickly and shot him. The policemen were then shot at from another direction by a second attacker with an automatic rifle. Both attackers were killed at the scene.​

    Near Hinanit (West of Jenin): an IDF patrol was shot at by two Palestinian teenagers. Both were shot and killed. A gun and a knife were found in their possession.

    Tekoa-Har Homa (Mazmoriya Checkpoint): A man ran toward a group of police officers at the Mazmoriya checkpoint near Jerusalem’s Har Homa neighborhood with a knife. Another officer, watching the area through a security camera, saw the man charging with the knife and warned the officers, who shot and killed the attacker before anyone could be injured.

    Hebron: A female Palestinian drew a knife in an attempted stabbing  attack of a soldier near the Cave of the Patriarchs. She was shot and seriously injured.​

    February 13

    Hebron: Stabbing attack on the Sabbath, near the Cave of the Patriarchs. A woman stabbed a soldier and then stabbed a Palestinian man (50) who tried to stop her. The soldier and the Palestinian man sustained light-to-moderate injuries; the attacker was shot and killed by security forces.

     February 9

    Neve Daniel (Gush Etzion, east of Jerusalem): A man (28) was stabbed and moderately wounded near the community of Neve Daniel. The attacker fled to nearby Nahalin village. Several suspects were arrested.

     

    February 6

    Rahat: A woman (in 60’s) was stabbed and moderately wounded in the shuk (market) in Rahat, in the Negev. The attacker fled.

     

    February 5

    Ariel: A car was shot at near Ariel, in Samaria.

     

    February 4 

    Ramle (center of the country): Two 13-year-old girls stabbed a security guard at the central bus station. The guard sustained light injuries; the girls were arrested.

    February 3 

    Jerusalem, Damascus Gate: Hadar Cohen (19) was murdered when three terrorists attacked Border Police

    officers – while one of the Palestinians gave his ID to an officer, the other two pulled out guns and knives and attacked the officers. In addition to Hadar, who was critically wounded and died of her wounds in hospital, another female officer was seriously injured. The assailants, who entered Israel illegally from the Jenin area armed with guns, knives and explosives, were shot and killed at the scene. Preliminary investigation reveals that the officers prevented a much more serious attack.

     

    February 1

    Jerusalem, Old City: Stabbing attack foiled – A 14 ½ year old boy was arrested in possession of a knife and admitted that he had planned to carry out a stabbing attack.

    Sal’it, a community east of Kfar Saba: Attempted stabbing attack; assailant shot and killed by forces on the scene.

     

    January 31 

    Route 443: Assailant attempted to ram vehicle into IDF soldiers manning a checkpoint near Beit Ur a-Tahta; he was shot.


    Beit El: Three soldiers were shot at the nearby checkpoint; one was seriously wounded in the stomach, but his condition stabilized after reaching hospital and successful surgery. The assailant was shot and killed by IDF forces (and his body was given over to the Palestinians).

     

    January 30

    Jerusalem, Old City: Stabbing attack – A group of Arab teens, two brandishing knives, attacked two Jewish men

    on their way back from Sabbath prayers at the Kotel (Western Wall). One of them (17-year-old American-

    Israeli) was wounded lightly in the back. One of the assailants (17, from an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood)

    later turned himself in to the police.  As of 31 January, three teenaged suspects have been arrested.


    January 27

    Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem: Stabbing attack – An Arab terrorist (17½) attacked a man (55) with a knife as he was about to enter a restaurant with his wife. While one owner administered first aid and called an ambulance, the other owner, a restaurant worker and other civilians gave chase and caught the assailant and held him until the police arrived.

     

    January 25 

    Beit Horon (Benjamin region): Stabbing attack – Two terrorists (age 17 & 23) infiltrated the settlement and

    attacked two women near the local grocery store. Shlomit Kriegman (23) died of her wounds. The other woman

    was moderately wounded. The terrorists also placed pipe bombs next to the store. The terrorists (one from

    Kalandiya refugee camp and one from Beit Ur al-Tahta village) were shot and killed by the settlement security

    officer.

     

    January 24

    Dolev (Benjamin region): Shots were fired at a car, six bullets hitting it. The driver wasn’t hurt; was treated on site for anxiety attack.

     

    January 23 

    Anatot (east of Jerusalem): A girl (13) attacked a security guard with a knife and was shot and killed.


    January 20 

    Tulkarem: IDF soldier lightly wounded by gunfire during patrol in nearby village.


    January 18 

    Tekoa (in Gush Etzion): Pregnant woman (30) stabbed. Her condition is moderate; the fetus is fine. The attacker was shot.


    south of Nablus: Attempted stabbing attack, no injuries – assailant with a knife surrendered when the forces threatened to shoot him.


    Shuafat, Jerusalem: Attempted stabbing attack, no injuries – a young man holding a knife approached police officers checking suspects in a rock-throwing incident. When he realized they were police, he tried to flee but was apprehended.

    January 17

    Otniel, between Hebron and Beer Sheva: Sunday evening, Dafna Meir (38, mother of 6 – two of them foster children – and a nurse at Soroka Hospital) was stabbed to death in her home in the presence of three of her children. The Palestinian assailant fled.


    Samaria: Attempted stabbing attack was foiled and the assailant shot and killed by security forces.

     

    January 15

    Nebi Salakh (Benjamin region, northwest of Jerusalem): In a demonstration that included stone-throwing and tire-burning, a soldier was lightly injured.

     

    January 14

    Near Nablus: Terrorist attacked security forces with a glass bottle and a knife; an officer was lightly wounded and the assailant was killed.


    Beit Anoun, north of Kiryat Arba: Attempted stabbing attack foiled, assailant killed by security forces.

     

    January 13

    Benjamin region, near Jerusalem: Arab driver of Egged bus was lightly injured when the windshield was smashed by a rock and a bottle of paint.

     

    January 12

    Beit Anoun junction, north of K. Arba: Attempted stabbing attack foiled; 2 assailants killed by security forces.

     

    January 9 

    Jordan Valley: Attempted stabbing attack foiled; 2 assailants killed by security forces.

     

    January 7

    Beit Anoun junction, north of Kiryat Arba: Attempted stabbing attack foiled, assailant killed by security forces.


    Gush Etzion junction: Attempted stabbing attack foiled; 3 assailants killed by security forces.


    January 5 

    Highway 79, northern Israel – Driver lightly injured when his bus was stoned.


    Gush Etzion: Stabbing attack – IDF soldier lightly wounded. Assailant shot and killed by forces on site.

     

    January 4 

    Jerusalem: Attempted stabbing attack near the National Police Headquarters – a passerby was very lightly wounded. Forces shot the assailant in the leg; when he continued to flee, they shot him again. He was brought to hospital in moderate condition.

     

    January 3 

    Jerusalem: Attempted stabbing attack in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood; the knife didn’t penetrate; attacker fled. Suspect later apprehended. 


    South Hebron hills: Soldier lightly wounded by gunfire during security check.


    Hebron, near Tomb of the Patriarchs: Female soldier moderately wounded by sniper fire from Abu Snena neighborhood.

     

    January 2 

    Jerusalem – on the road to Gush Etzion: Shooting at passing cars; Arab Israeli lightly wounded.

     

    January 1 

    Tel Aviv: In a shooting attack at a pub, two killed – Alon Bakal (26), the pub’s manager, and Shimon Ruime (30) – and 8 injured, two seriously. The assailant (29, Arab-Israeli citizen from Arara village in northern Israel) is still at large. [Possibly related, possibly not: a taxi driver was shot dead in his vehicle in another part of Tel Aviv.]

     

    December 31

    Samaria (between Hawara and Tapuah on Route 60): Ramming attack – one soldier lightly injured; driver shot and killed.


    December 27 

    Hawara (south of Nablus): Stabbing attack by two terrorists; a soldier was wounded. The terrorists (17 & 27, from Jenin) were shot and killed by soldiers on site; one soldier was mistakenly hit by the fire.

    Three stabbing attacks were foiled, one in Hebron, one in Samaria, and one in the Old City of Jerusalem. The assailants, an Arab man who crossed into Jerusalem illegally, and two Arab women (one of them 15 years old), were apprehended. 


    Jerusalem: IDF soldier (18) was stabbed and moderately wounded near the central bus station. Assailant (resident of eastern Jerusalem) was arrested.

     

    December 26

    Hawara checkpoint: Soldier lightly injured in a ramming attack. Assailant (56) shot by forces; later died of wounds in Nablus hospital.


    Jerusalem: Stabbing attack foiled – Resident (26) of Ras el-Amud, an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood, aroused suspicions of police officers (security cameras show that the Arab sat and waited in the area between Jaffa Gate and Tzahal Square; when he saw a man wrapped in a tallis – prayer showl – walking with his children on their way to Sabbath morning prayers, he followed them). When confronted by the officer, he pulled out a large knife. The officer shot him once; when the assailant continued to move towards the officers with the knife, he was shot a second time and killed on site.

     

    December 25 

    Bethlehem: Palestinians threw stones at the vehicle of the Latin Patriarch, Fuad Twal, who was visiting Bethlehem on Christmas day.


    Silwad, near Ofra in the Benjamin region of Samaria: Attempted ramming attack by an Arab woman (40). The driver was shot and killed on site.


    December 24 

    Hebron: A Palestinian attempted to stab security forces; assailant was shot.


    Ariel: A Palestinian armed with a knife stabbed two people in Ariel. The two victims were security personnel. The assailant was shot.

     

    December 23

    Jerusalem: Near Jaffa Gate, two Palestinians (19 & 20, from Kalandia refugee camp) attacked passersby with knives. Rabbi Reuven Biermacher (45, father of seven), died of multiple stab wounds. Ofer Ben-Ari (46) died of wounds from a stray bullet when two Border Police officers shot the assailants and stopped the attack. A third man was wounded. The terrorists were shot and killed. Both have been imprisoned before for security offenses.

     

    December 20

    Hebron: A gunman shot at IDF forces; no injuries.

    Hebron: A female assailant who tried to stab a soldier was shot and apprehended.

     

    December 19

    Raanana: Arab stabbed 3 Israelis. One man was seriously wounded; after receiving medical attention, he is in moderate condition. The assailant was arrested.

     

    December 17-18

    Attacks continue – south of Nablus, a terrorist tried to stab security forces and was shot and killed; at Kalandia Crossing, a Palestinian assailant tried to ram vehicle into security forces and was shot and wounded; another assailant was shot in a car ramming attack during a violent riot near Ramallah.

     

    December 14

    Beit Aryeh – Luban: Three Israelis were lightly injured by a huge rock that crashed through the windshield of their car.


    Jerusalem: Eleven to fourteen people (reports differ) were injured in a vehicular ramming attack at a bus stop opposite the Calatrava Bridge at the entrance to Jerusalem, around 3 pm on Monday afternoon. The injured include two moderately, a 15-month-old baby who was seriously injured, and the baby’s mother. The baby underwent micro-surgery to save his foot, which was nearly cut off in the attack. The terrorist (21, originally from the Beit Hanina neighborhood in Jerusalem, currently residing in Hebron) was shot and killed by security forces.

     

    December 13

    Kiryat Arba, Gush Etzion: A Palestinian woman who attempted to stab a civilian was shot and apprehended by IDF forces.

     

    December 11

    Halhoul Junction, near Kiryat Arba: A terrorist who attempted to run over IDF soldiers was shot and killed.


    Gilboa (Jalame) Crossing: Shots were fired at soldiers from a Palestinian vehicle. Attacker was shot and wounded by IDF forces and later arrested by PA police.

     

    December 10

    Between Beit Aryeh community and Luban village in the Benyamin region of Samaria: Ramming attack injured 4 soldiers, 2 lightly, one moderately and one seriously (20). The terrorist (a member of Hamas) was apprehended after a search. 


    December 9

    Afula, northern Israel: Stabbing attack foiled when 3 Arab teens from Jenin were apprehended in possession of butcher knifes.

    Samaria: A Jewish man was seriously injured, and his wife lightly injured, when 23 bullets hit their car in a drive-by shooting attack on the road from Avney Hefetz. The attackers are suspected of fleeing to nearby Tulkarm. 


    Hebron: A terrorist stabbed a soldier and a civilian at a checkpoint near Beit Hadassah. The soldier was moderately wounded; the civilian lightly wounded. The terrorist (cousin of the terrorist who carried out the stabbing attack near the Tomb of the Patriarchs on 7 Dec.) was shot and killed by security forces.

     

    December 7

    Hebron: An Israeli man (~40) was very critically injured in a stabbing attack near the Tomb of the Patriarchs. The assailant (21) was shot and killed.

     

    December 6

    Jerusalem: An Arab resident (21) of the Beit Hanina neighborhood in Jerusalem ran over two civilians with his car and then exited the vehicle and stabbed a volunteer police officer. A soldier who happened to be in the area shot and killed the attacker. Three people were lightly injured and a number of witnesses to the attack were treated for anxiety.

     

    December 5

    Hebron: Female Palestinian (18) drew a knife at a checkpoint and was arrested.

     

    December 4

    Ofra, Benyamin Region (northwest of Jerusalem): Two IDF soldiers were injured in a ramming attack. The Palestinian driver was shot and killed by soldiers on the scene.


    Abud, Benyamin Region (northwest of Jerusalem): Palestinian stabbed an IDF soldier in the neck. The attacker (27) was shot and killed at the scene. The soldier is in good condition.


    Hebron: Two terrorists – one stabbed a soldier; both terrorists shot and killed on site.

     

    December 3 

    Jerusalem, near the Old City: Terrorist stabbed a police officer (35) and was killed.


    Pesagot, Benyamin Region (near Ramallah): Shots fired at an Israeli car; no injuries. 


    Hizma checkpoint, Jerusalem: A Palestinian man (member of the PA intelligence agency) exited his car and opened fire. One soldier (20) and one civilian (47, Israeli Arab) were wounded. IDF troops returned fire and killed the gunman.

     

    December 2

    Shuafat, Jerusalem: Shooting at soldiers; no injuries and no arrests.

     

    December 1

    Einav junction, near Nablus, Samaria: Following an attempt to stab an officer, a female assailant was shot and killed.


    Gush Etzion: Terrorist (16) who tried to stab a man (35) at a hitchhiking stop, was shot and killed. One Israeli man was lightly injured by the gunfire.


    November 29

    Jerusalem: Woman (in 30’s) stabbed in bus, lightly wounded. Suspect arrested.


    Jerusalem: A police officer was moderately wounded in a stabbing attack near Damascus Gate. The terrorist was shot and killed.

     

    November 27

    Beit Omar, near Hebron: Six soldiers were injured in a car ramming attack. The terrorist was shot and killed.


    Kfar Adumim junction: Two soldiers were injured in a car ramming attack at a bus stop. The terrorist (from El Bira, near Ramallah) was shot and killed. His brother perpetrated a ramming/stabbing attack in the same area on Sunday (22 Nov.) and was shot and killed.

     

    November 25:

    Al-Fawar junction, south of Hebron: An IDF soldier was stabbed and seriously wounded. The assailant (19), a student at the Palestine Technical College, was shot and killed.


    November 24 

    Samaria – Tapuah Junction: Car ramming attack; 3 soldiers and a Border Police officer injured. Terrorist (21, from Jenin) was shot at the scene.

     

    November 23 

    Route 443: Ziv Mizrahi (18) was stabbed to death and two women were injured in a terrorist attack at a gas station on the highway between Jerusalem and Modi’in. Ziv had just started his army service three months ago. The attacker was shot. [On 9 August, a stabbing attack took place at the same site; an Israeli man was lightly injured and the attacker was shot and killed by IDF forces.]

    Samaria, near Nablus: Stabbing attack – Palestinian who tried to stab a soldier was shot and killed.

    Northern Samaria: Attempted ramming attack. One civilian lightly wounded; driver escaped.

    Jerusalem: Stabbing attack on Jaffa Road. Two Palestinian teens (female, age 14 and 16, from Qalandia, in northern Jerusalem) attacked passers-by with scissors, wounding an elderly (70) Palestinian man. Security forces shot and killed one assailant and wounded the second. A security guard was lightly wounded by shrapnel from gunfire used against the attackers. The terrorist who was killed was the sister of a terrorist who was killed by IDF forces in 2013.

     

    November 22 

    Gush Etzion junction: Hadar Buchris (21) was stabbed to death by a terrorist (34, from Beit Fajar near Bethlehem), who was shot and killed by security forces.

    Kfar Adumim: Attempted ramming/stabbing attack. A Palestinian taxi driver rammed his car into an Israeli car on Route 1, by Kfar Adumim junction. . He then got out of the car and stabbed the Israeli driver in the hand. A passenger in the Israeli car shot and killed the terrorist (32, from Ramallah).

    Samaria Brigade Junction: Stabbing attack foiled – A Palestinian (16, female from Nablus) pulled out a knife and charged at a young woman waiting at a bus stop. The assailant was spotted by a civilian driver (former Samaria Council head Gershon Mesika), who ran into her with his car to stop her. Security forces at the site shot the assailant, who died at the scene.

     

    November 21 

    Kiryat Gat: Four people wounded in a stabbing attack, including a 13-year-old girl (who called the police and stopped the bleeding by herself, until the ambulance arrived). The terrorist was apprehended after a five-hour manhunt. The terrorist (18, from Kfar Tapuah in Samaria) was in Israel illegally, working in Kiryat Gat.


    November 19 

    Tel Aviv: In a stabbing attack, one man (30) was killed and two others wounded moderately and critically, respectively. The terrorist was shot and apprehended. The attack occurred in a Tel Aviv synagogue during afternoon prayers.


    November 14

     Psagot (near Ramallah): Four Israelis were injured when a Palestinian driver collided with their car. A Palestinian motorist approached the entrance to Psagot in a car with Israeli license plates. When spotted by the security guard, he turned his car around and collided head-on with a vehicle coming from the other direction. The Palestinian driver died on the spot. A large knife was found in his car.


    November 13 

    Near Otniel, south of Hebron: Rabbi Ya'akov Litman (44) and his son, Netanel (18) were murdered in a drive-by shooting, while traveling to celebrate the Shabbat before the eldest daughter’s wedding [originally set for 17 November]. The rabbi’s wife and 4 other children in the vehicle were lightly wounded. Security forces arrested the terrorist responsible.

     

    November 12 

    Bethlehem/Rachel's Tomb: Attempted stabbing attack on security forces; terrorist was captured.


    November 10 

    Jerusalem, Pisgat Zeev: Two young Arabs (ages 11 & 14) stabbed and moderately wounded a light-rail security guard. The two attackers were apprehended;  the 11-year-old was shot and critically wounded

     

    Jerusalem, Damascus Gate: A terrorist attacked security forces with a knife and was killed.

     

    Bethlehem/Abu Dis: Attempted stabbing attack on security forces; terrorist was killed.


    November 9: 

    Near Alfei Menashe, northern Samaria: Attempted stabbing by a Palestinian woman. She was shot and killed by security forces.


    November 8

    Tapuah Junction (Samaria): Four Israelis were wounded in a car-ramming terror attack directed at a group of people at a hithchhiking stop. The injured include a pregnant woman lightly injured and two in serious condition (one still in intensive care on 9 Nov). The attacker (22, from Ramallah) was shot and killed by security forces.

     Beitar Ilit (south of Jerusalem): A civilian security guard was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack. The assailant, a Palestinian woman, was shot and wounded. (see Jpost article and video)

    Near Alfei Menashe, northern Samaria: An Israeli man (40) was seriously injured in a stabbing attack in the Palestinian village of Nabi Ilyas, when he stopped to shop at a stall. Two assailants (from Qalqilya) turned themselves in to Palestinian security forces.


    November 6

    Sha’ar Binyamin (commercial center north of Jerusalem): An Israeli was injured in a stabbing attack.

     

    Hebron: Two teens, aged 16 and 18, were injured – one seriously – in a shooting attack near the Tomb of the Patriarchs. A short time later, an Israeli soldier was severely injured in a shooting attack at the Beit Anun junction north of Hebron. The assailant (16, from the village of Bani Naim) was apprehended.

     

    November 5

    Gush Etzion: Attempted stabbing attack. Assailant shot on site.

     

    November 4

    Hebron area: A Border Police officer, St.-Sgt. Binyamin Yakobovitch (19) was critically injured in a ramming attack; he died of his wounds on 8 November. Another officer was lightly injured in the attack. The terrorist was shot dead at the scene by security forces.


    November 2 

    Jalameh (Gilboa) crossingnear Afula: Attempted stabbing attack on IDF soldiers. One attacker was shot and killed, and a second one apprehended.

     

    Rishon Lezion: Three Israelis were injured, two seriously and one lightly, in a stabbing attack near the central bus station. The attacker (19, from Hebron) was apprehended


    Netanya (coastal city north of Tel Aviv): A 70-year-old man was stabbed and is in serious condition. The attacker (22, from Tulkarem area) was wounded and apprehended by security forces.​


    November 1

    Kiryat Arba/Hebron: Attempted stabbing attack of IDF soldier during a violent riot. Assailant shot and killed.

     

    North of Kiryat Arba/Hebron: Three Border Police officers were injured in a vehicle ramming attack, one officer moderately and the other two lightly. The driver fled the scene and later turned himself in to the DCL in Hebron; he is being questioned.

     

     

    October 31 

    Jalameh (Gilboa) checkpoint, near Afula: Knifing attack foiled by security forces. The attacker was shot and killed. The checkpoint has been closed.

     

    October 30

    Jerusalem: 2 Israeli civilians injured in stabbing attack. Assailant shot on site.

               

    Tapuah Junction, Samaria (West Bank): Attempted stabbing of Border Police officers at Tapuah Junction. Attackers shot on site.  


    October 29
    Hebron: Terrorist stabs and lightly injures soldier near the Tomb of the Patriarchs. Terrorist was shot and killed. Later a Palestinian attempted to stab an IDF soldier in the Beit Hadassah neighborhood. Assailant was shot on site.


    October 28
    Gush Etzion Junction: A woman was stabbed in the back, moderately wounded, outside the Rami Levy supermarket. The assailant was apprehended.

    Earlier, a Palestinian who attempted to stab an IDF soldier near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron was shot and killed by security forces.


    October 27
    Gush Etzion JunctionIDF soldier moderately wounded in stabbing attack. Two assailants shot on site.

    Jerusalem: Terror attack foiled - two Arabs (17 & 16) from eastern Jerusalem armed with an axe and a knife were arrested in the center of town (Kikar Tzahal).

    October 26
    Hebron: IDF soldier stabbed, seriously wounded in the morning north of Hebron. Assailant shot on site. A second attempted stabbing of an IDF soldier outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in the afternoon was thwarted. The assailant (19) was shot.

    October 25
    Metzad (Gush Etzion bloc): Man (58) moderately wounded in stabbing attack after his car was stoned. 

    Hebron: Female Arab terrorist (17) attempted to stab border policeman with knife. Officer shot the terrorist, who later died of wounds.

    Ariel junction (Samaria): Israeli man (25) waiting for a ride was stabbed by terrorist who fled the scene and was later apprehended.

    October 24
    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. 


    October 23
    Gush Etzion:  IDF soldier injured in stabbing attack. Assailant shot on site.

    Beit El (north of Jerusalem): Israeli couple and their three young children wounded in a firebombing attack on their car.


    October 22
    Bet Shemesh: Yeshiva student (18) moderately injured in stabbing attack at bus stop near a synagogue. Two terrorists (21) from the Hebron area armed with knives tried to board a school bus full of children. They were shot and killed by police.

    October 21
    Yitzhar (Samaria): Attack foiled when security forces noticed a young woman (15) approaching the gate armed with a knife. The woman was shot and apprehended.

    Ofra (north of Jerusalem): An Israeli policeman was mildly injured in an apparent car-ramming attack when the driver crashed into a checkpoint, ignoring police warnings to stop. The driver fled.


    Adam junction (north of Jerusalem): Female soldier critically wounded in stabbing attack. Terrorist killed by IDF forces.

    Maale Adumim (east of Jerusalem): Attack foiled when security forces found home-made explosive devices in a car. Two Palestinians were arrested.

    Beit Ummar (north of Hebron): 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.



    October 20
    South of Hebron (Al Fawar junction)Avraham Hasno (54) of Kiryat Arba run over and killed by truck after his vehicle was stoned. Earlier, an IDF officer was lightly injured in stabbing attack in Hebron.

    Gush Etzion junction: Two lightly wounded in car-ramming attack at bus stop at the Gush Etzion junction. The terrorist then drew his knife before he was shot and killed.


    October 18
    Beer Sheva: IDF soldier Sgt. Omri Levy (19) killed and 10 civillians and police officers 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 Arab (21) from the Bedouin town of Hura. An Eritrean asylum seeker, Habtom Zerhom (29), who was mistaken for a second terrorist and shot by a security guard, died of his wounds.

    October 17
    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.

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    Nablus: Joseph's tomb, a Jewish holy site, set on fire overnight by Palestinian rioters.


    Jerusalem: Border Policeman foiled possible terror attack after detecting explosive device at a checkpoint at east Jerusalem's Issawiya neighborhood, near the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus.

    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.


    October 14
    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.

    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: Woman (72) stabbed and injured while waiting for a bus at the Central Bus Station. Terrorist shot and killed.


    October 13
    Raanana (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: Two terrorists, both residents of the adjacent Jabel Mukaber neighborhood, boarded an Egged bus in East Talpiot in southern Jerusalem, one armed with a gun and the other with a knife. Chaim Haviv, 78, and Alon Govberg, 51, were killed, and 15 wounded, several seriously. One terrorist killed by police, second apprehended. Richard Lakin, 76, who was shot in the head and stabbed in the chest, succumbed to his wounds on October 27.


    Makor Baruch, a religious neighborhoodRabbi Yeshayahu Krishevsky,59, of Jerusalem was killed and five wounded. The terrorist, who was apprehended, is a resident of the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood who holds Israeli citizenship, was an employee of Israeli phone company Bezeq, and was using a company car to commit the attack.

    Hamas praised the attacks, saying they are "a message to anyone who harms our holy places."

    October 12
    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 (both teenagers) 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 (8:30 pm near entrance to city): Terrorist 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. 


    October 11
    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 later found in the vehicle.The terrorist was seriously wounded.


    October 10
    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. 

    October 9
    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.

    October 8
    Tel Aviv: Female soldier and three others stabbed. Terrorist was shot and killed.
    Jerusalem: A 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 seriously wounded in stabbing attack. Victim evacuated to Jerusalem hospital. Terrorist escaped.
    Afula (town in Galilee): A soldier was wounded in stabbing attack. The terrorist was apprehended soon after.​
    October 7
    Petach Tikva: Knife attack at shopping mall wounded one man. The knife broke, preventing further victims. Bystanders apprehended the terrorist.
    Jerusalem: A Palestinian woman (18) stabbed a 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): A 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.

    October 4
    Jerusalem: Moshe Malka (15) was stabbed and wounded on his way to prayers at the Western Wall. Terrorist was shot dead by security forces.

    October 3
    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.

    October 1      
    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 9 months). Security forces arrested members of Hamas cell responsible.