2018 Ariel stabbing

2018 Ariel stabbing
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Ariel, where the attack took place
Location Ariel, Judea and Samaria Area
Coordinates 32°06′25″N 35°09′54″E / 32.10694°N 35.16500°E / 32.10694; 35.16500Coordinates: 32°06′25″N 35°09′54″E / 32.10694°N 35.16500°E / 32.10694; 35.16500
Date 5 February 2018 (2018-02-05)
10:45 a.m. (UTC+02:00)
Attack type
 Stabbing
Weapons Knife
Deaths 1
Victim Itamar Ben Gal
Perpetrator Abed al-Karim Adel Assi

On 5 February 2018, 29-year-old Rabbi Itamar Ben Gal from Har Brakha, was stabbed to death in the West Bank Israeli settlement and city of Ariel. The assailant has escaped from the scene but was arrested following a six-week manhunt. A protestor was killed during a violent demonstration against searching for the suspect.

Incident

The attack occurred at the entrance to Ariel. An Israeli civilian was attacked in a hitchhiking station by a man who stabbed him multiple times in its upper body.[1][2][3]

Perpetrator is said to have decided to kill a Jew during an argument with a policeman at a road junction near Ariel. He purchased two knives, each 27-centimeters-long, a store in Nablus, and returned to the junction. There, he identified Rabbi Ben Gal as a Jew due to the fact that he was wearing a kippah. He attacked Ben Gal, and gave chase when Ben Gal ran away. Perpetrator was stopped form pursuing his victim when he was struck by a passing car.[4]

Perpetrator

Abed al-Karim Adel Assi, a 19 year-old Israeli Arab resident of Jaffa, was behind the attack.[5] His parents are separated. Assis' father lives in Nablus; his mother lives in Haifa. Assis is known to have resided at one time in a home for at-risk youth and to have received social services aid over the years.[6]

Manhunt

During the manhunt for Assi, there were clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian rioters in the city of Nablus, and the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that a Palestinian man, Khaled Tayeh, died.[7]

The six-week manhunt ended with capture of perpetrator.[8]

Assi was indicted for murder and charged with selecting his victim because he was a Jew.[4]


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Israeli stabbed to death in West Bank attack, assailant on the loose". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  2. ↑ "Israeli killed in terror stabbing attack in West Bank". Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  3. ↑ "Man stabbed in Ariel terror attack pronounced dead; terrorist escaped". Ynetnews. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  4. 1 2 "Arab-Israeli terrorist indicted for stabbing rabbi in West Bank". i24News. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Porat, Ido Ben (6 February 2018). "'My husband will not return to the community he loved so much'". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Magid, Jacob (5 February 2018). "Ariel terrorist has Israeli citizenship, lived in Jaffa". Times of Israel. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "One Palestinian reported killed, 110 wounded in clashes with IDF". Jerusalem Post. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Ahronheim, Anna (18 March 2017). "Security forces capture terrorist who stabbed Itamar Ben-Gal to death". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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