2015 Gush Etzion Junction attack

Terrorist incident in the West Bank yes October 2015 2015 Gush Etzion Junction shooting Gush Etzion Junction Civilians הפיגוע בכניסה לאלון שבות he 2015 11 19 yes Shooting 3 civilians 5 Mohammed Abdel Basset al-Kharoub Uzi submachine gun Yuval Lasri On 19 November 2015, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a line of traffic near Alon Shvut in the West Bank and continued to fire as he drove the car towards Gush Etzion Junction where he lost control of the vehicle, which then crashed into another vehicle. As a result, 3 civilians were killed and 5 were wounded. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/203655 Two Israelis, one Palestinian killed in Gush Etzion attack Yashar Ari 19 November 2015 Arutz Sheva https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/1.2780510 שלושה הרוגים וחמישה פצועים בפיגוע ירי ודריסה בגוש עציון Levinson Haim 19 November 2015 20 November 2015 Cohen Gili Hori Jacky Haaretz (Hebrew edition)https://books.google.com/books?id=D6zPDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA490 Terrorism, 2013-2015: A Worldwide Chronology Mickolus Edward 2016-08-08 McFarland 9781476664378 en The attack took place during the 2015–2016 wave of violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Attack The attack took place at around 4:35 pm.Levinson Chaim 5 Killed, Several Wounded in Tel Aviv, West Bank Terror Attacks https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.687133 https://web.archive.org/web/20151119133207/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.687133 dead November 19, 2015 19 November 2015 Haaretz 19 November 2015 The gunman fired an Uzi submachine gun at cars stuck in traffic, and, when his car crashed, stepped out of the vehicle to continue shooting.Steinbuch Yaron American teen among 5 killed in Palestinian terror attacks https://nypost.com/2015/11/19/palestinian-fatally-stabs-2-israelis-in-tel-aviv-american-tourist-killed-in-west-bank/ 19 November 2015 New York Post 19 November 2015 The attacker was immobilized by a driver, Yuval Lasri, who told reporters that, "I didn’t shoot at him because I wasn’t sure that he was the terrorist, but then I saw the gun next to him and understood that he was.” Context This attack shocked the nation coming, as it did, after a period of calm, free of terror attacks. Together with the stabbing at a synagogue in Tel Aviv that occurred only a few hours earlier,Pessin Andrew Pessin Andrew Ben-Atar Doron Ben-Atar Doron Anti-Zionism on Campus: The University, Free Speech, and BDS - Chapter 25 2018 INdiana University Press 9780253034083 https://books.google.com/books?id=OIdYDwAAQBAJ&q=%22ezra+schwartz%22+terrorist&pg=PA357 13 December 2018 it was, "the bloodiest day in Israel since this latest round of Palestinian violence began back in September."American terror victim perished on 'bloodiest day since violence began' https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/ADL-American-terror-victim-perished-on-bloodiest-day-since-violence-began-434746 20 November 2015 The Jerusalem Post 20 November 2015 Victims Ezra Schwartz (18), an American from Sharon, Massachusetts who was studying abroad. He had recently accepted admission into the Rutgers Business School and was taking a gap year in Israel. Rutgers University President, Robert L. Barchi, lowered the flags to half-staff on Monday, November 23.http://president.rutgers.edu/public-remarks/letters/rutgers-flag-be-lowered-honor-victims-attacks President Holloway November 23, 2015 November 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151124071407/http://president.rutgers.edu/public-remarks/letters/rutgers-flag-be-lowered-honor-victims-attacks deadDempsey Christine Victim Of Terror Attack In Israel Has Connecticut Ties http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-new-haven-israel-victm-1121-2-20151120-story.html 21 November 2015 Hartford Courant 20 November 2014Schworm Peter Sharon teenager killed in attack in Israel https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/19/boston-area-teenager-killed-attack-israel/oJ3L5gPkgPgLtYvJKTVJYI/story.html 19 November 2015 The Boston Globe 19 November 2015Lazaroff Tovah American teen named among victims of Gush Etzion terror attack https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/American-teen-named-among-victims-of-Gush-Etzion-terror-attack-434734 19 November 2015 The Jerusalem Post 19 November 2015Boss Owen Sharon teen killed in West Bank shooting http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2015/11/officials_sharon_teen_killed_in_west_bank_shooting 19 November 2015 Boston Herald 19 November 2015American killed during Palestinian knife attacks identified http://www.cbsnews.com/news/american-killed-during-palestinian-knife-attacks-identified-as-ezra-schwartz/ 20 November 2015 CBS News 19 November 2015 Schwartz was on his way to a park along with friends with whom he had been constructing, as a volunteer, a memorial park in honor of three Israeli boys who were kidnapped and murdered by Hamas in 2014.Epstein Sue Edison couple's grandson killed in Palestinian attack in Israel http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/11/mass_teenager_killed_in_israel_had_edison_connecti.html 20 November 2015 nj.com 20 November 2014 A false rumor that many news reports have echoed claimed that he planned to give food to soldiers. He has been buried in the Sharon Memorial Park. Shadi Arafeh (Arafa) (24), a Palestinian Arab from Hebron. A Palestinian Authority spokesman falsely claimed that Arafa, who was killed by the Palestinian terrorist, had been shot by Israeli security.Davidovich Joshua The storm after the calm https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-storm-after-the-calm/ 20 November 2015 Times of Israel 20 November 2015 Official Palestinian sources alleged that Arafa was slain by Israeli soldiers, despite the fact that the only shots fired during the incident where those fired by the Palestinian terrorist who shot at passenger cars, killing Arafa and 2 Jewish civilians.Ari Yashar Arab bystander in shooting attack buried as 'victim of Israel' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/203704#.VlB3UXs2uUc 21 November 2015 20 November 2015 Arutz Shave Yaakov Don (51), teacher, father of four from Alon Shvut. Don was taken to Hadassah Medical Center, where he died within hours of the attack. Two Israeli women, one injured in the car crash, the other by gunfire, were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Perpetrator The shooter was Mohammed Abdel Basset al-Kharoub (24), from Dir Smat near Hebron. He had procured over $10,000 in guns and ammunition and had been training for the attack for several months, assisted by several adults. He committed the murders to celebrate his birthday, the day of the attack. His mother later told reporters that she was proud of her son.January 2024 Impact Security measures in response to these murders include a temporary order to stop and search all Palestinian vehicles nearing the intersection, revocation of legal permits to work in Israel held by the extended family of the terrorist, and the planning of bypass roads to separate Israeli vehicles from Palestinian vehicles at this spot.Rudoren Jody Benjamin Netanyahu Plans Separate Bypass Roads for Israelis in Parts of West Bank https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/world/middleeast/netanyahu-plans-separate-bypass-roads-for-israelis-in-parts-of-west-bank.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 24 November 2015 The New York Times 23 November 2015 Response The government of the United States regards the shooting as a terrorist attack. 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