Wave of terror – 13 Sept 2015 up to today

 

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 (1473), roadside/pipe bombs (51) and petrol bombs/grenades (331) since October..

 

Terror by numbers

·        Since 13 September 2015, 38 innocent people have been killed in terrorist attacks (including a Palestinian, two Americans and an Eritrean), and almost 500 wounded.

·        There have been: 151 stabbing attacks; 92 shootings; and 43 vehicular (ramming) attacks; and one vehicle (bus) bombing.

 

By the month:

·       In May, there were 264 terrorist attacks: 5 stabbings and 2 stabbing attempts, no shootings, 1 ramming attack, 186 stone-throwing attacks, and 38 petrol bombs, and 4 explosive device attacks. There were 28 cases of arson (some of them caused by petrol bombs) – 10.6% of the total attacks.

·       April: 203 terrorist attacks: 7 stabbings or stabbing attempts, 3 shootings, no ramming attacks, 136 stone-throwing attacks, and 37 petrol bombs

·        In March, there were 240 terrorist incidents – 19 stabbings/attempted stabbings, 7 shootings, 3 rammings, 163 stone-throwing incidents, 35 petrol bombs

This is less than previous months:

·        February: 337 total (28 stabbings/attempted stabbings, 11 shootings, 1 ramming, 8 stoning, 56 petrol bombs)

·        January: 396 total (28 stabbings/attempted stabbings, 15 shootings, 3 rammings, 274 stoning, 61 petrol bombs

·        Dec. 2015: 400 total (37 stabbings/attempted stabbings, 22 shootings, 14 rammings, 250 stoning, 62 petrol bombs

·        Nov. 2015: 272 total (44 stabbings/attempted stabbings, 18 shootings, 13 rammings, 153 stoning, 33 petrol bombs

·        Oct. 2015: 141 total (55 stabbings/attempted stabbings, 14 shootings, 8 rammings, 55 stoning, 6 petrol bombs

 

Details of selected events:

 

8 June: Tel Aviv: Serious shooting attack in which 4 were murdered and more wounded (17, according to some reports), many with moderate-to-serious wounds. Two Palestinian men dressed in suits and ties, who were sitting at the popular café Max Brenner near the Sarona Market complex, suddenly stood up, pulled out machine guns and started shooting. The attackers, two cousins from Yatta in the West Bank, were arrested by police who quickly arrived at the scene. One, who refused to give himself up, was shot and wounded by a security guard; he is currently hospitalized together with his wounded victims.

 

6 June: Route 465, Benjamin region (Samaria): Shooting attack – a lone terrorist shone a flashlight on cars coming around a sharp curve in the road, and shot at them. No one was injured.

 

5 June: Road 437 approaching Jerusalem: Massive stone-throwing at a bus resulted in light injury to the driver and damage to the bus.

 

2 June: Joseph’s Tomb, Nablus: Two assailants threw Molotov cocktails at Jewish worshippers. Security forces shot and seriously wounded one attacker, who was taken for medical treatment.

Near Einav community: A female Arab tried to stab a soldier; soldiers shot and killed her.

 

1 June: Maccabim, Route 443: A driver whose car was stoned lost control and hit a guardrail. The driver was lightly injured

 

30 May: Tel Aviv: An Arab from Salfit (17) stabbed a soldier with a screwdriver. The assailant was arrested.

 

24 May: Jerusalem: Arabs threw rocks at a city bus, smashing the windshield. No one on the bus was physically injured.

 

23 May: Checkpoint north of Jerusalem: Female Arab terrorist (17) attempted to stab Border Guard police officers and was shot and killed.

 

22 May: Hawara, Samaria: Molotov cocktail thrown at a bus passing through the village. The back end of the bus caught fire; no injuries reported.

Highway 443, between Jerusalem and Modiin: Stones were thrown at a bus, causing damage but no bodily injuries to passengers.

 

21 May: Gush Etzion: Shots were fired at a passenger bus, with no injuries. The bus sustained damage.

 

19 May: Shuafat, Jerusalem: a young Arab (16) acting in a suspicious manner was arrested in possession of a knife and admitted his intention to carry out a stabbing attack.

 

10 May: Hizma, near Jerusalem: An IDF officer was seriously wounded and a soldier lightly wounded by pipe bombs that exploded while forces were on patrol in the area just north of Jerusalem. The forces found 5 more pipe bombs and estimate that a large terrorist attack was foiled.

Jerusalem: Two women (82 and 86) were moderately injured in a stabbing attack on the Armon Hanatziv promenade. A group of elderly women were going for a walk when they were attacked by two young masked Arabs, who fled the scene.

 

03 May: near Dolev, northwest of Jerusalem: Three IDF soldiers were injured, one critically, in a ramming attack in the Benyamin region. The attacker was shot and killed by IDF forces at the site.

 

02 May: Old City, Jerusalem: A man (60) was stabbed and is in moderate condition. The attacker fled and was later apprehended.

Update on the 19 April bus bombing in Jerusalem (see below): One of the victims, Eden Levy (16), who suffered severe burns all over her body, and has been kept sedated in the hospital since the attack, regained consciousness. Doctors say her condition is stable. Hundreds of callers answered a radio appeal for the donation of a laptop so Eden can keep up with her studies while she is recovering.

 

01 May: near Efrat (Gush Etzion): Palestinians threw rocks at a car in which a woman and three children were traveling. Two injured, including a young child.

 

19 April: Jerusalem: At least 19 people injured in a bus bombing. People on the bus, and on a bus and car nearby, were injured by broken glass, shrapnel and the fire that broke out in the bus, burning it completely. As of this morning, 13 people are hospitalized, including one severely injured man who later died of his wounds and was identified as the terrorist (19) from Beit Jala, evidently a member of Hamas.

 

14 April: Al-Arub, Gush Etzion: An Arab man attacked a group of soldiers with an axe, hitting one soldier’s helmet without wounding him. The attacker was shot and killed. Two-three hours later, about 150 Palestinians from Al-Arub rioted; a soldier was injured lightly by a stone.

Hwy 431, between Ramla-Nes Ziona: A woman (24) was lightly injured by a stone thrown at her car.

The Old City, Jerusalem: Two 12-year-old boys were arrested for questioning when, at a checkpoint at one of the gates to the Old City, 3 knives were found in one of the boys’ knapsack along with a goodbye letter to his parents.

 

3 April: Rosh Ha-ayin (center of country): An Arab woman (23, from Kfar Kassem) attacked and lightly wounded a young Israeli woman (30). Civilians in the vicinity subdued the attacker, who was arrested.

 

25 March: Isawiya (an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem): A 15-year-old Palestinian girl approached a group of Border Police officers in the French Hill area, drew a knife and attempted to stab them. She was arrested.

 

24 March: Tel Rumeida (near Hebron): Two Palestinians stabbed an IDF soldier who sustained light to moderate wounds. Both were shot and killed.

 

18 March: Gush Etzion Junction: Three Palestinians attacked IDF soldiers with knives. One assailant was shot and killed, and the other two arrested.

 

17 March: Ariel junction: Two terrorists stabbed a young woman (~20), wounding her moderately to seriously. The two assailants were shot and killed.​

14 March: Al-Arub, Gush Etzion: An Arab man attacked a group of soldiers with an axe, hitting one soldier’s helmet without wounding him. The attacker was shot and killed. Two-three hours later, about 150 Palestinians from Al-Arub rioted; a soldier was injured lightly by a stone.

Hwy 431, between Ramla-Nes Ziona: A woman (24) was lightly injured by a stone thrown at her car.

The Old City, Jerusalem: Two 12-year-old boys were arrested for questioning when, at a checkpoint at one of the gates to the Old City, 3 knives were found in one of the boys’ knapsack along with a goodbye letter to his parents.

 

3 April: Rosh Ha-ayin (center of country): An Arab woman (23, from Kfar Kassem) attacked and lightly wounded a young Israeli woman (30). Civilians in the vicinity subdued the attacker, who was arrested.

 

25 March: Isawiya (an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem): A 15-year-old Palestinian girl approached a group of Border Police officers in the French Hill area, drew a knife and attempted to stab them. She was arrested.

 

24 March: Tel Rumeida (near Hebron): Two Palestinians stabbed an IDF soldier who sustained light to moderate wounds. Both were shot and killed.

 

18 March: Gush Etzion Junction: Three Palestinians attacked IDF soldiers with knives. One assailant was shot and killed, and the other two arrested.

 

17 March: Ariel junction: Two terrorists stabbed a young woman (~20), wounding her moderately to seriously. The two assailants were shot and killed.

 

14 March: Elias Junction (near Kiryat Arba): Two Palestinians attempted a car ramming attack, later opening fire on civilians and soldiers standing in a nearby bus stop, near the entrance to Kiryat Arba. Both assailants were killed by IDF soldiers. A soldier was slightly wounded in the shooting. The two gunmen were armed with a pistol and a Carl Gustav rifle.

 

          Elias Junction (near Kiryat Arba): Shortly after the first incident, another vehicular attack took place at the same stop. An IDF officer was lightly wounded and two soldiers were lightly injured by shrapnel. The terrorist was shot and killed.

 

11 March: Road 443, near the Beit Horon Checkpoint: Two IDF soldiers were lightly wounded in a shooting incident Friday evening on Road 443. An Arab driver who arrived at the checkpoint shot at the soldiers with a handgun and drove away. 

 

Jerusalem, near Jaffa Gate: An Israeli man (29) was moderately wounded on Friday afternoon in a stabbing attack which took place in the Ma’alot Chaldiyah alley near the Jaffa Gate. The attacker, a 19-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank, fled the scene of the attack but was caught by police after a brief manhunt.

9 March: Jerusalem, Ramot Junction; near Damascus Gate: The incident began when passengers on a bus near the Ramot Junction spotted two gunmen on the street and heard shots fired. The two assailants fled the scene in their car. When spotted by police, a gun battle ensued which resulted in the serious wounding of a 50-year-old-man, resident of East Jerusalem and the death of the two Palestinian attackers. 

 

8 March: Tel Aviv-Jaffa: 29-year-old Taylor Force, an American tourist, was stabbed to death, and 11 other civilians were wounded by a Palestinian assailant, among them the 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 inside a store in the center of town. 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.

 

4 March: 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.

 

3 March: 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.

 

2 March: 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.

 

26 Feb. 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.

 

24 Feb. 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.

 

21 Feb. 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.

 

20 Feb. 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.

 

19 Feb. 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.

 

18 Feb. 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.

 

15 Feb. Jerusalem: near the Damascus Gate. A young Palestinian woman (15) was arrested following an attempted stabbing attack on security forces patrolling the area. When security forces approached the woman, who aroused their suspicion, she pulled out a large knife, and was taken into custody. A second knife was found in her possession.

 

14 Feb. Jerusalem: near the Damascus Gate: A man, who was carrying a bag and acting suspiciously, pulled out an automatic rifle and aimed it at police officers, who shot and killed him before he could use the weapon. The officers then responded to automatic fire from another direction and shot and killed a second attacker. Both attackers were in their 20’s.

Beit El – Terrorists from nearby Jalazun shot at a house, damaging a window but not causing any injuries.

Hebron: A female Palestinian drew a knife and attempted to stab a soldier near the Cave of the Patriarchs. She was shot and seriously injured.

Tekoa-Har Homa (Mazmoriya Checkpoint): A man with a knife charged police officers at the checkpoint. The officers shot and killed the attacker with no further casualties.

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.

 

13 Feb. 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.

 

09 Feb. 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.

 

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

 

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

 

04 Feb. 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.

Thirty-one (31) instances of rock-throwing or Molotov cocktails thrown mostly at cars and buses, in or near Jerusalem, in Gush Etzion, on Route 443 and other places.​

 

03 Feb. 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.

 

01 Feb. 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.

 

31 Jan. 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).

 

30 Jan. 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.

 

27 Jan. Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem: Stabbing attack – An Arab terrorist (17½) attacked a man (35) 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.

 

25 Jan. 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.

 

24 Jan. 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.

 

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

 

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

 

18 Jan. 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.

Tekoa (in Gush Etzion): Pregnant woman (30) stabbed. Her condition is moderate; the fetus is fine. The attacker (15) was shot.

 

17 Jan. 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. Two days later, the terrorist (15, from nearby Yatta village) was arrested.

The teenage murderer confessed during questioning that Palestinian TV, which regularly misrepresents events and encourages violence against Jews, had a big influence on him and his decision to carry out the attack. See PMW report.

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

 

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

 

14 Jan. 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.

 

13 Jan. 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.

 

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

 

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

 

7 Jan. 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.

 

5 Jan. 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.

 

4 Jan. 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.

 

3 Jan. 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.

 

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

 

1 Jan. 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. [Four days later, the two men seriously injured were still in intensive care, but conditions of both are slowly improving.] An hour after the pub shooting, Ayman Shaaban (42), a taxi driver from Lod, was found shot dead in his vehicle in another part of Tel Aviv; the police announced on 7 January that he was murdered by the same shooter. The assailant (Nashat Milhem, 29, Arab-Israeli citizen from Arara village in northern Israel) is still at large (7 Jan. 2016).

 

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

 

27 Dec. 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.

 

26 Dec. 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.

 

25 Dec. 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.

 

24 Dec. 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.

 

23 Dec. 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.

 

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

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

 

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

 

17-18 Dec: 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.

 

14 Dec. 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.

 

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

 

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Dec. 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.

 

10 Dec. 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.

 

9 Dec. 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.

 

7 Dec. Hebron: Genadi Kaufman (41) was very critically injured in a stabbing attack near the Tomb of the Patriarchs. He died on 30 December. The assailant (21) was shot and killed.

 

6 Dec. 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.

 

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

4 Dec:  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.

 

3 Dec. 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.

 

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

December 1

 

Gush Etzion junction: A Palestinian (16) tried to carry out a stabbing attack at the hitchhiking stop, which has been the site of 10 terrorist attacks in the past two months. IDF forces shot and killed the assailant. An Israeli man was light-to-moderately wounded from bullet shrapnel.

Einav Junction (Samaria): A female Palestinian attempted to stab a soldier at a checkpoint adjacent to the junction in the northern West Bank. She was shot and killed.

November 29

Jerusalem: A Border Police officer was stabbed near Damascus Gate, in the Old City. The assailant was shot and killed.

A 31-year-old female foreign worker from Nepal was moderately wounded in a stabbing attack as she waited at a bus stop on Shamgar Street on her day off. The assailant fled and was later apprehended.

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Beit Ummar: Six soldiers were lightly to moderately wounded when a Palestinian rammed his car into IDF troops at the entrance to the Beit Ummar refugee camp, south of the Gush Etzion junction.

 

November 25

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

November 24

Tapuach Junction (northern West Bank): A Palestinian rammed a car into security forces, wounding three IDF soldiers, among them a colonel and lieutenant colonel, and a Border Policeman who were at the junction assessing additional security measures to prevent terror attacks. The assailant was shot and apprehended.


Border Police officers and IDF soldiers arrive on the scene of car ramming attack at Tapuach Junction
Copyright: Israel Police Spokesperson


November 23

Jerusalem: Two Palestinians (female, aged 14 & 16) stabbed passersby on Jaffa Road near the Mahane Yehuda market with scissors, wounding an elderly Palestinian man from Bethlehem. The assailants were shot, one killed on site. A security guard was wounded by the gunfire.


Scissors used in stabbing attack in Jerusalem
Copyright: Israel Police Spokesperson


Israel Police examine school books of young terrorists outside Jerusalem market
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Northern Samaria: A youth (18) was lightly wounded in a ramming attack near Shavei Shomron. Later, a Palestinian tried to stab soldiers at the Samaria Brigade Junction and was killed.

Ziv Mizrahi (18) was killed in a stabbing attack at the gas station on the highway between Jerusalem and Modi'in. A female officer and another woman were lightly wounded. The attacker was shot and killed by security forces.


November 22

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

Kfar Adumim junction (east of Jerusalem): A Palestinian taxi driver tried to ram his car into a group of Israeli pedestrians. After failing to hit anybody, he got out of the car and attacked them with a knife. One man slightly wounded. The attacker was shot and killed.


Scene of car ramming at Kfar Adumim junction
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Gush Eztion junction: Hadar Buchris, 21,was fatally stabbed as she waited for a ride at a hitchhiking stop at the junction. IDF soldiers at the site shot and killed the terrorist.


November 21

Kiryat Gat: Four people, including a 13-year-old girl, were wounded in a stabbing attack on King David Street. The stabber was apprehended several hours later.


November 19

Tel Aviv: Two people were killed and one wounded in a stabbing attack during afternoon prayers in a Judaica store located in the Panorama building - a commercial center in southern Tel Aviv. The terrorist, from Dura in the West Bank, was apprehended. Hamas "welcomed" the attack. The victims: Rabbi Aharon Yesayev, 32, of Holon and Reuven Aviram, 51, of Ramle.




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Gush Etzion: Three people were killed when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire with a submachine gun at cars in a traffic jam at the Alon Shvut junction, south of Jerusalem. The victims: Ezra Schwartz, 18, of Sharon, Massachusetts, Yaakov Don, 49, of Alon Shvut, and Shadi Arafa, 40, of Hebron. Four others were lightly wounded. The terrorist was apprehended.
Schwartz came to Israel as part of a program in which young people come to Israel for nine months of volunteer work. The volunteers, who study at a yeshiva in Beit Shemesh, were visting the memorial established for the three Israeli teens who were kidnapped and killed last summer, and were handing out food to soldiers stationed in Gush Etzion when the attack took place.


Ezra Schwartz, 18, of Massachusetts killed in terror attack


November 13

Otniel (Route 60): Rabbi Ya'akov Litman, 40, and his son Netanel, 18, were killed in a shooting attack while driving on Route 60 near Otniel, south of Hebron. His wife and four other children in the vehicle were lightly wounded by shrapnel and the resulting crash. A suspect was taken into custody.


Netanel Litman as an MDA volunteer
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November 10

Jerusalem (Pisgat Zeev neighborhood): Two Palestinian youths (11 & 14) on their way home from school stabbed and moderately wounded a security guard on the Jerusalem light rail. The guard shot and wounded one of the attackers; the other was taken into custody.


Police and paramedics arrive at the scene of stabbing attack in Pisgat Zeev
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Shortly afterwards, there was an attempted stabbing of a police officer near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Assailant was shot and died of his wounds. Later, a Palestinian youth (16) tried to stab a Border Policeman at a checkpost near Abu Dis. The assailant was shot and killed.


November 9

Eliyahu checkpoint (near Alfei Menashe, northern Samaria): Palestinian woman attempted to stab guards at the checkpoint. She was shot and killed by security forces.


Knife and suicide note found on Palestinian woman killed in attempted stabbing
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November 8

Tapuah Junction (Samaria): Four Israelis were wounded, two seriously, in a car-ramming terror attack directed at a group of people at a hithchhiking stop. The attacker was shot and killed by security forces.

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


Palestinian woman pulling a knife out of her purse to stab a security guard at the entrance to Beitar Illit (Screen capture)

Northern West Bank: An Israeli man was seriously injured in a stabbing attack in the Palestinian village of Nabi Ilyas, when he stopped to shop at a stall.

- Border Policeman St.-Sgt. Benjamin Yakubovich, 19, of Kiryat Ata, critically wounded in on November 4, died of his wounds.


November 6

Sha’ar Binyamin (north of Jerusalem): Israeli injured in stabbing attack outside supermarket.

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

Halhoul junction (north of Hebron): Three Border Policemen were wounded, one criticallly, in car-ramming attack. The terrorist was shot and killed by security forces. Border Policeman St.-Sgt. Benjamin Yakubovich, 19, of Kiryat Ata, critically wounded in the attack, died of his wounds on November 8.


November 2

Netanya (north of Tel Aviv): A 71-year-old man was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack. The assailant was shot.

Rishon Lezion (south of Tel Aviv): Three people were wounded, two seriously - including an 80-year-old woman - in a stabbing attack by a Palestinian from Hebron (19) at a bus stop in the center of the city. The assailant was apprehended.


Scene of stabbing attack in Rishon Lezion
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Gilboa (Jalama) crossing, north of Jenin in the West Bank: Two Palestinians attempted to stab a soldier at a a gas station adjacent to the crossing point. One assailant shot, the second apprehended.

November 1

Hebron: Three Border Policemen wounded in car ramming attack. Earlier, attempted stabbing attack of IDF soldier during a violent riot. Assailant shot on site.



October 31

Gilboa (Jalama) crossing, north of Jenin in the West Bank: Palestinian (17) armed with a knife tried to stab Israeli guards and was killed on site.


October 30

Tapuach Junction (Samaria): Two terrorists, arriving on a motorbike armed with knives, attempted to stab Border Police officers. One killed, second apprehended.

Jerusalem (French Hill): One person moderately injured in stabbing attack near light rail. Terrorist shot at the scene.


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.
In the evening, shots were fired from a passing vehicle towards a bus stop near Jerusalem.


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 Junction:  IDF 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.


Car windshield struck by rocks near Metzad, Gush Etzion
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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.


Infant seat in car hit by firebomb
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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.


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October 18

r 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.


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Jerusalem (Armon Hanatziv neighborhood): Terrorist (16, from Jabel Mukaber) tried to stab Border Police officers; one of the officers shot and killed him.


Knife used in terror attack in Jerusalem
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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.

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October 16

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.


Scene of attack on Egged bus in East Talpiot neighborhood in Jerusalem
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Makor Baruch, a religious neighborhood. Rabbi 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."


Scene of car-ramming and stabbing attack at bus stop on Malkhei Yisrael Street in Jerusalem
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October 12

Jerusalem: Stabbing attack foiled at Lion's Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City. Terrorist (18, from eastern Jerusalem) was shot and killed.


Knife used in terrorist attack at Lion's Gate, Jerusalem
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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.


Scene of terror attack in Pisgat Zeev neighborhood of Jerusalem on Oct 12. 13-year-old boy riding his bike critically wounded.
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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.


Female terrorist detonates explosive device near checkpoint between Ma'aleh Adumim and Jerusalem - Oct 11, 2015
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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.

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rusalem (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.

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t 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.


Scene of terror attack in Jerusalem near Jerusalem light rail - Oct 8, 2015
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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.


Police officers enter a residential building in Kiryat Gat in search for terrorist
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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.


Zaka Rescue and Recovery team at scene of stabbing attack Jerusalem's OldCity
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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.