2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing

2010 stabbing attack in the West Bank, Palestine yes Tapuah Junction stabbing Israel shomron The attack site Map of the West Bank area Tapuah Junction, Road 60, West Bank 32 06 55 N 35 15 26 E inline,title 2010 2 10 y Stabbing 1 soldier Palestinian Authority police officer Muhammad Hatib 1 On 10 February 2010, Palestinian Authority police officer Muhammad Hatib stabbed Druze Israeli soldier Ihab Khatib to death as the latter was sitting in a jeep at a traffic light."Terrorist was a PA officer", jpost.com; accessed 20 November 2014.2010-02-10 Israeli soldier stabbed to death in West Bank https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2010/02/10/israeli-soldier-stabbed-to-death-in-west-bank/ 2025-11-25 San Diego Union-Tribune en-US The attack was considered part of an "emerging trend" at the time, involving assaults on Israelis by members of the Palestinian Authority security services. Background Peter Lerner, spokesman for the Israeli military in the West Bank, said that it was "extraordinary that a Palestinian policeman would carry out such an attack."Goldenberg Tia Israeli soldier dies in West Bank attack: A Palestinian police officer held Boston Globe 11 February 2010 404737850 The attack took place in an area controlled by Israeli police, not in an area where the Palestinian police had authority.Kershner Isabel 11 February 2010 West Bank Attack Kills Soldier The New York Times 1458373497 It is one of a number of attacks and thwarted Arab terrorist attacks that have taken place at Tapuach Junction, located south of Nablus.Amouyal Noa A history of incidents at Tapuah Junction https://www.jpost.com/Defense/A-history-of-incidents-at-Tapuah-Junction-311648 24 July 2017 Jerusalem Post 1 May 2013Palestinian stabs Israeli to death in West Bank https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-critically-wounded-in-west-bank-stabbing/ 2 August 2017 Times of Israel 30 April 2013 The attack came amid rising tension between Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the West Bank. In the preceding months, settlers were accused of having launched attacks on their Palestinian neighbors, including setting vehicles, homes, and a mosque on fire.Blomfield Adrian 10 February 2010 Israeli soldier stabbed to death in West Bank The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7207499/Israeli-soldier-stabbed-to-death-in-West-Bank.html 24 July 2017 According to Isabel Kershner, this attack took place at a "delicate time" when Israeli and Palestinian security services were attempting to build "mutual trust." This incident together with the killing of Rabbi Meir Hai a month earlier, in which Palestinian police were implicated, raised concerns that Palestinian Authority police might use their weapons to attack Israeli soldiers, Israeli civilians, or both.Katz Yaakov Fayyad is inciting violence, defense officials charge.: Hebron clashes spread from Hebron to Temple Mount. PA, Jordan: Israel provoked escalation Jerusalem Post 1 March 2010 319726758 The Boston Globe called this attack unusual since although violent attacks had at one time been frequent in the West Bank, they had become "relatively rare" since Palestinian Police had taken increased responsibility for security. However, an unnamed Israeli official told the press that Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was "actively encouraging Palestinians to use popular resistance against Israel."Defence officials accuse Palestinian PM of "inciting anti-Israeli violence" BBC 1 March 2010 458754502 Israeli columnist Caroline Glick argues that this attack was the result of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's ongoing "incitement against Israel," rhetoric that "encourages his own forces to attack Israelis."Glick Caroline The Fatah fairy tale Jerusalem Post 19 February 2010 319709053 Writing in Haaretz, security analyst Avi Issacharoff described the attack as part of an "emerging trend," a series of attacks on Israelis carried out by Palestinian security personnel, including the killing of Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai two months earlier, caused by incitement to terrorism by members of the Palestinian Authority government.Issacharoff Avi Soldier's Murder Was Latest in Trend of Terror by PA Security https://www.haaretz.com/soldier-s-murder-was-latest-in-trend-of-terror-by-pa-security-1.263142 https://web.archive.org/web/20170730205928/http://www.haaretz.com/soldier-s-murder-was-latest-in-trend-of-terror-by-pa-security-1.263142 dead July 30, 2017 27 July 2017 Haaretz 2 November 2010 Following the attack, IDF Samaria Brigade commander Col. Itzhik Bar stated that since the beginning of 2010, IDF troops had foiled 20 stabbing attacks and uncovered 12 bombs. Attack Ihab Khatib, a Druze Israeli policeman, was on his way from Jenin to a military outpost near Tapuah Junction, and was sitting alone in his jeep with the window open, waiting at a traffic light.Lapin Yaakov Border Police stop terrorist en-route to suicide bombing at Tapuah Junction https://www.jpost.com/Defense/Border-Patrol-stops-terrorist-en-route-to-suicide-bombing-at-Tapuah-junction-354884 24 July 2017 JerusalemPost 30 March 2014 Hatib, wearing civilian clothes, approached, pulled out a knife, reached through the window and thrust the knife into Khatib, who tried to escape by pressing down on the gas pedal, but his jeep flipped over on the side of the road when he lost consciousness. Hatib tried to flee by car, but Yossi Margalit, a security officer for the Rechelim settlement who was nearby, rammed his own car into him, causing light wounds. Hatib was arrested by Israeli soldiers and given medical attention. He was then transferred to the Shin Bet for questioning.PA Policeman Kills IDF Soldier, CBN.com, 11 February 2010.Gilbert Martin The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 2012 Routledge 978-1135108656 Sergeant Khatib was rushed to Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, but died of his wounds. He was buried the following day in his home village. Victim St.-Sgt. Maj. Ihab Khatib (alt. Ihab Chattib; aged 28) was a Druze Arab non-commissioned logistics officer in the Kfir Brigade.Issacharoff Avi Soldier From Elite Unit Fatally Stabbed by Palestinian Police Officer in W. Bank https://www.haaretz.com/soldier-from-elite-unit-fatally-stabbed-by-palestinian-police-officer-in-w-bank-1.263112 https://web.archive.org/web/20160309184914/http://www.haaretz.com/soldier-from-elite-unit-fatally-stabbed-by-palestinian-police-officer-in-w-bank-1.263112 dead March 9, 2016 24 July 2017 Haaretz 11 February 2010Ihab Khatib http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Victims/Pages/Ihab_Khatib.aspx 24 July 2017 MFA He hailed from the mainly Druze village of Maghar in the Galilee.Mualem Mazal Druze Knesset member slams Arab leaders as 'weak' http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/07/hamad-amar-druze-liberman-israeli-arabs-leadership-kidnapp.html#ixzz4o804TkI 28 July 2017 Al-Monitor 1 July 2014Benillouche Jacques Les druzes d'Israël plus nationalistes que les juifs http://www.slate.fr/story/19157/druzes-israel 28 July 2017 Slate 10 July 2010 He was survived by his parents and five siblings. Khatib's uncle had been killed in action while serving in the Israel Defense Forces during the 2006 Lebanon War, and his aunt had been killed when a Katyusha rocket fired by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah hit her house.Palestinian PM condemns West Bank 'stabbing incident', Haaretz.com, 10 February 2010. Perpetrator Muhammad Hatib (alt. Mahmoud al-Khattib; Mahmoud Yusef Nimer Hattib) 34-year old Palestinian police officer. At the time of the incident, he was the head of bureau for the Palestinian Authority's chief of Police in Ramallah.Hundreds Attend Funeral of IDF Officer Killed in West Bank Attack https://www.haaretz.com/news/hundreds-attend-funeral-of-idf-officer-killed-in-west-bank-attack-1.263157 https://web.archive.org/web/20170731191413/http://www.haaretz.com/news/hundreds-attend-funeral-of-idf-officer-killed-in-west-bank-attack-1.263157 dead July 31, 2017 24 July 2017 Haaretz 2 February 2010Palestinian policeman who killed soldier 'had personal problems', Haaretz, 11 February 2010. Hatib was dressed in civilian clothing at the time of the attack. Israeli Brigadier General Nitzan Alon, who had had contact with the killer shortly after the incident, reported that Hatib had "said he was tired of living"Israeli soldier's alleged killer 'was tired of life', BBC, 11 February 2010. and that the subsequent investigation failed to reveal any signs of "organisational affiliation or of clear ideological reasons", linking the act to militant groups or a larger plot. Israeli media reports suggested "this was an indication Mr. Khatib y may have hoped he would be killed as he carried out the alleged attack." Military sources also reported that Hatib appeared to be pursuing a military target, "since he waited on the side of the road when he could have attacked Israelis at a nearby hitchhiking post." Hatib was not among the officers trained by the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories.Katz Yaakov EU police advisers: We didn't train PA officer who killed soldier Jerusalem Post 2 February 2010 319713255 MK Ayoub Kara called for the death penalty to be imposed on the assailant. Response Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad issued a "rare" condemnation of the attack, stating that it "conflicts with our national interests", and pledged to take steps to prevent such incidents in the future. However, an Israeli government source said that while the Palestinian Authority had made marked improvements in its security apparatus, it was more hesitant in dealing with extremists in its own movement.Army raids home of alleged attacker http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=260455 28 July 2017 Ma'an 10 February 2010 Director-General of the Palestinian Authority Minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Osama al-Ghoul, demanded that the attacker, Mahmoud Yusef Nimer Hatib, be released from custody in an Israeli hospital, saying, "Of course [he should be released]. We are fighting the Israeli occupied y. This is our land."Three Bomb-Toting Teens Arrested http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2010/february/three-bomb-toting-teens-arrested/?mobile=false 24 July 2017 CBN News 15 February 2010 The Tapuah Junction was renamed in honor of Staff Sergeant Major Ihab Khatib.Keinon Herb News in Brief Jerusalem Post 14 February 2010 319714898 Member of the Knesset Ayoub Kara called on the government "to strengthen our hold in the land of Israel and the state of Israel” by building “a new town right here, where our beloved Ihab fell, a town named after him that will serve as a memorial."Shomron Honors Druze Soldier Murdered at Tapuach Junction http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142472 24 July 2017 Israel National News 22 February 2011 The editorial board of The Jerusalem Post used this stabbing attack to argue for increased security in the West Bank.Editorial Board Security is a Must (ex cathedra editorial) https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Editorial-Security-is-a-must 24 July 2017 Jerusalem Post 2 September 2010 Residents of Samaria argued that the government's policy of removing of the security checkpoint enabled this murder to happen.Samaria Jews Appeal to PM, 'Barak is Creating Security Chaos' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142284 28 July 2017 Israel National News 12 February 2011 See also Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai Bat Ayin ax attack Tapuah Junction stabbing (2013) Majdi Halabi 2017 Temple Mount shooting Palestinian political violence References 2 Category:Deaths by stabbing in Palestine Category:February 2010 in Asia