A Palestinian terrorist drove his car into pedestrians at a bus stop on Pinchas Rosen Street in Tel Aviv’s northeastern Ramat Hahayal neighborhood today.
He then got out of the vehicle and stabbed additional victims with a sharp object, police said. There were seven victims in total.
Three of the victims are in serious condition, including a 46-year-old woman with multiple systemic injuries. Two are moderately wounded and two are lightly injured.
Magen David Adom emergency medical responders have taken four of the injured to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv and the others to Beilinson Medical Center in Petach Tikva.
An armed civilian killed the terrorist, police said.
Hebrew media initially identified the terrorist as 23-year-old Hasin Halilah from the Palestinian village of Samua, near Chevron. He reportedly entered Israel using a valid permit issued for medical reasons.
It subsequently emerged that the terrorist was actually Hasin’s 20-year-old brother Abed Halilah, who was in Israel illegally.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday urged the country to unite in the face of Palestinian terrorism.
“Our enemies want to hurt us in Tel Aviv, in Eli and everywhere in the Land of Israel, and we need to show unity against them ,” he said, referring to the June 20 attack in the Samaria town that killed four people.
Likud lawmaker Danny Danon said: “The wave of terror requires us to increase the activity against the terrorists. The Security Cabinet must immediately decide on decisive actions against wherever threats emanate. Only crushing the terrorist infrastructure will stop the terrible attacks.”
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir hailed the civilian who shot and killed the terrorist.
“I call on those who meet the requirements: Carry firearms with you,” he said.
On Monday, a 14-year-old Palestinian stabbed an Israeli man in Bnei Brak.
The victim was evacuated in moderate condition to Maayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in the city, which is located east of Tel Aviv.
The Palestinian terrorist was arrested at the scene.
Earlier Monday, the Israel Defense Forces began a major counterterror operation in Jenin, including the entry into the Samaria city of significant ground forces.
The operation was widely anticipated as Palestinian attacks mounted in northern Samaria. Since the beginning of 2023, terrorists have killed 28 people in Israel.
The Hamas terrorist group praised Tuesday’s “heroic” terror attack in Tel Aviv, calling it “revenge for [the IDF operation in] Jenin.” JNS
Blame the Begatz. If the Begatz, Israel’s “high” court of injustice, defends of Arab terrorists, it’s a miracle these attacks don’t happen more often l”o.
Oh no. I hope this won’t disrupt these leftists from demonstrating against the opposition who is trying to keep them safe.