2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack

yes Terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, Israel March 2023 2015 Tel Aviv attacks Tel Aviv, Israel 2015 01 21 yes 7:30 a.m. Stabbing Knife 0 12 (+1 attacker) Hamza Matrouk Islamic extremism During the morning rush hour of 21 January 2015, a Palestinian man from Tulkarm, West Bank boarded a bus in Tel Aviv and stabbed multiple people in a terrorist attack.Booth Jenny Schoolboy threw bag at knifeman during Tel Aviv bus attack https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article4329888.ece 31 July 2015 The Times 21 January 2015Khoury Jack Tel Aviv Bus Terrorist Says He Was Motivated by Gaza War, Temple Mount, Martyrdom https://www.haaretz.com/2015-01-21/ty-article/.premium/ta-terrorists-motives-gaza-temple-mount-martyrdom/0000017f-e68b-df2c-a1ff-fedb6d010000 31 July 2015 Haaretz 21 January 2015 After the bus he boarded had driven about 400 meters, the Palestinian attacked the driver, who fought back, before turning to other passengers and attacking them. The bus stopped, with the passengers fleeing, and the Palestinian attacked others too. Israeli police shot the terrorist in the foot and arrested him.Hartman Ben Palestinian terrorist stabs 12 aboard crowded Tel Aviv bus https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Three-stabbed-on-Tel-Aviv-bus-388417 29 July 2015 Jerusalem Post 21 January 2015 Twelve people were injured in the attack.Kershner Isabel Opening His Mother's Clothing Shop, and Then Heading to Tel Aviv for a Rampage https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/world/middleeast/opening-his-mothers-clothing-shop-and-then-heading-to-tel-aviv-for-a-rampage.html 29 July 2015 The New York Times 22 January 2015 The stabbing was the first violent incident in Tel Aviv since the November 2014 Killing of Sergeant Almog Shiloni.12 injured in Tel Aviv stab attack by Palestinian http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=755486 29 July 2015 Agence France-Presse Ma'an 21 January 2015 The New York Times characterized this attack as representing a new category of threat to Israelis, "attacks carried out with seeming spontaneity by individuals acting without the instruction or backing of an organization." Attacks At 7:30 am the assailant boarded a bus in Tel Aviv about 7:30 a.m. and rode two stops before attacking the driver with a knife.2015 Stabbing Attack on Tel Aviv Bus Wounds Nine, Some in Critical Condition https://www.terrorism-info.org.il//Data/articles/Art_20762/E_014_15_703638796.pdf Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center Israeli Intelligence Heritage and Commemoration Center 26 March 2024 The driver, Herzl Biton, fought back, using pepper spray.Kewis Avi Tel Aviv bus stabber who injured 17 indicted https://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-bus-stabber-who-injured-17-indicted/ 29 July 2015 Times of Israel 19 February 2015'רציתי להרוג אותו. ואז הוא דקר אותי שוב' 'I wanted to kill him. And then he stabbed me again.' 19 March 2015 26 March 2024 Israel Hayom https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/267587 Bat-Chen Epstein Elias The assailant attacked several passengers with the knife before they were able to open the doors of the bus and flee.Kershner Isabel Stabbing on Tel Aviv Bus Breaks a Fragile Calm https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/world/middleeast/middle-east-violence.html?_r=0 29 July 2015 The New York Times 21 January 2015 The assailant pursued the fleeing passengers, stabbing one a second time, before he attempted to flee the scene. As the assailant attempted to run away, bystanders who happened to be employees of the Israeli prison system gave chase, firing into the air. When the fleeing assailant did not stop, they shot him in the legs and captured him. Perpetrator The stabbing attack was carried out by Hamza Muhammad Hassan Matrouk, a 23-year-old illegal immigrant workerמחוץ לסורגים: סוהרי השב"ס שהפכו לגיבורים בעל כורחם Outside the bars: the Israel Prison Service guards who became heroes against their will 12 October 2016 Tal Amir Maariv https://www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/Article-560021 24 March 2024 from Al Jib. His parents are divorced and his father resides in Tulkarem.Israel bus attack: Tel Aviv passengers stabbed https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30910956 29 July 2015 BBC 21 January 2015 Residents of Tulkarem who knew the suspect stated that he was not affiliated with any political party. Trial and sentencing Matrouk was a "lone wolf" who told the court that he had been motivated by watching radical Islamic programs on TV; he spoke of, "reaching paradise." Noting that the suspect was unrepentant and showed no empathy for his victims, Judge Yaron Levi, of the Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Matrouk to 28 years in prison.Beck Jonathan Tel Aviv bus stabber sentenced to 28 years in jail https://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-bus-stabber-sentenced-to-28-years-in-jail/ 29 July 2015 Times of Israel 20 July 2015 Response Hamas leaders praised the attack,Levinson Chaim 12 Israelis wounded in stabbing attack on Tel Aviv bus https://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.638210 https://web.archive.org/web/20150121130054/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.638210 dead 21 January 2015 29 July 2015 Haaretz 21 January 2015 calling it a, "natural reaction" on the part of an occupied people. Mousa Abu Marzook said, "there is no bigger terrorism than occupying people, stealing their lands, freedom and dignity." The Popular Resistance Committees responded by asserting that, "Resistance attacks will not stop." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the attack as a direct result of incitement by the Palestinian Authority of president Mahmoud Abbas, "The attack in Tel Aviv is a direct result of poisonous incitement from the Palestinian Authority towards Jews and their state. This is the same terror which tried to harm us in Paris, Brussels and everywhere." The hashtag #JeSuisCouteau ('I am a knife') and an Arabic translated by the newspaper Haaretz as "#TheKnivesRevolution" instantly spread across the internet in support of the knife attack on Israeli bus passengers. In addition, many people posted images of knives dripping with blood on social media and called for more attacks on Israelis.'I am a knife' hashtag supports bus terror attack in Tel Aviv https://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.638699 https://web.archive.org/web/20150125013905/http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.638699 dead 25 January 2015 29 July 2015 Haaretz 23 January 2015 References 30em Israel Category:Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2015 2015 Tel Aviv attacks Category:2010s crimes in Tel Aviv Category:Terrorist incidents on buses in Asia Category:Stabbing attacks in 2015 Category:Knife attacks in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Category:January 2015 in Asia Category:Mass stabbings in Tel Aviv Category:Palestinian political violence Category:Tel Aviv in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Category:Bus incidents in Israel