2008 Jerusalem BMW attack

Terrorist attack in Jerusalem yes June 2020 2008 Jerusalem BMW attack Israel jerusalem Location of Jerusalem Jerusalem 31 46 44 N 35 13 30 E inline,title y 2008 09 22 Vehicle-ramming attack 1 assailant 19 Qassem Mughrabi 1 BMW saloon car On 22 September 2008, a Palestinian drove a BMW saloon car into a group of civilians and off-duty soldiers in a terrorist ramming attack in Jerusalem, injuring 19 people. Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts say this attack represents a new terrorist tactic which is less lethal but could prove more difficult to prevent than suicide bombing. Background The attack was a third in a series of terrorist attacks in Jerusalem involving a new tactic, using vehicles as weapons; the others were the 2 July 2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack and a similar attack with a Backhoe loader on 22 July.Entous Adam New Jeruslem vehicle "attack" as Livni seeks govt http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-35602020080922 https://web.archive.org/web/20170929044208/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-35602020080922 dead 29 September 2017 28 September 2017 Reuters India 22 September 2008 The Jerusalem Post has termed them "ramming terror attacks."Lappin Yaakov Lefkovits Etgar 2011-08-29 Background: Ramming terror attacks in recent years https://www.jpost.com/national-news/background-ramming-terror-attacks-in-recent-years 2025-06-27 The Jerusalem Post en 0792-822X According to Stratfor, the American global intelligence firm, "while not thus far as deadly as suicide bombing", this tactic could prove more difficult to prevent. No single group has claimed responsibility for the incidents.Israel: Vehicle Attacks - A New Militant Tactic?. Stratfor Global Intelligence On 2 July 2008, Husam Tayseer Dwayat, an Arab Israeli citizen from the Sur Baher neighborhood of East Jerusalem drove an earthmover along Jaffa Road in West Jerusalem, slamming into a bus and passing cars. Four people were killed and another 45 were injured. Later that month, on 22 July 2008, Ghassan Abu Tir, from the Umm Tuba neighborhood of East Jerusalem, drove a front-loader into traffic on King David Street in West Jerusalem, slamming into a bus and passing cars. Sixteen people were injured. Patrick Martin, writing in The Globe and Mail in 2016, discussed this attack as an example of copycat terrorism.Martin Patrick Amid such chaos comes fears of emulation: With vehicles increasingly being used as weapons by lone-wolf killers, history suggests the threat of copy-cat attacks is very real The Globe and Mail 15 July 2016 1803998593 The attack On 22 September 2008, the assailant, Qassem Mughrabi (alt. Qasim al-Mughabi), a 19-year-old Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem's Jabal Mukaber neighborhood, drove a black BMW saloon into a group of civilians and off-duty soldiers standing on a Jerusalem street.Palestinian Car Rams Israelis, By Isabel Kershner, 22 September 2008, New York Times 22 September 2008, 15 wounded in terror attack at busy Jerusalem intersection, By Etgar Lefkovits, Shelly Paz, Jerusalem Post September 2016 Nineteen people were injured.Terrorist in car rams 19 in J'lem, By Jonathan Lis Mughrabi was shot dead at the scenePalestinian drives into crowd, injures 15, police say, CNN by off-duty soldier Lt. Elad Amar. Amar told Army Radio that the attacker "drove towards the soldiers at top speed, plowed onto the traffic island, ran over soldiers and civilians and then continued, ramming into a building. At that point I assessed that it was a terror attack and decided to neutralize the driver so that he wouldn't be able to reverse the car and continue the attack."https://archive.today/20130706010631/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017361816&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull 'He drove towards group at top speed,' The Jerusalem Post, 23 September 2008 The assailant According to the Palestinian Ma'an news agency, Qassem Mughrabi was a member of Hamas.'J'lem terrorist was a Hamas member', by Etgar Lefkovits, The Jerusalem Post 23 September 2008 March 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Mughrabi's family denied that the event was a terror attack. Mahmoud Mughrabi, Qassem's father, said his son did not have a driving license and apparently lost control of the car. "My son was murdered, they killed him. He did not carry out a terrorist attack. This was a car accident." However, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said authorities were convinced the attack was politically motivated. "We're 100 percent sure ... he deliberately drove into people," Rosenfeld said.Father of Jerusalem attacker: My son's no terrorist https://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1023694.html Haaretz 23 September 2008 23 September 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080924141030/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1023694.html 24 September 2008 A number of Israeli Members of Parliament called for the demolition of the home of the assailant, as a means of discouraging future attacks.Selig Abe MKs visit east J'lem to push for demolition of terrorists' homes The Jerusalem Post 6 October 2008 319660890 Vehicle ramming as a trend This was one of a small cluster of terrorist vehicle-ramming attacks in Jerusalem in this period.Lappin Yaakov Background: Ramming Terror Attacks in Recent Years https://www.jpost.com/National-News/Background-Ramming-terror-attacks-in-recent-years 1 October 2017 The Jerusalem Post 29 August 2011 Articles in New York Magazine, Breitbart News, Haaretz, The Times of Israel, and other publications cite this attack as harbingers of the terrorist vehicle-ramming attacks that would occur in many countries during the 2010s.Raymond Adam The Rise of Truck Attacks, the Terror Tactic of Today http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/the-rise-of-truck-attacks-the-terror-tactic-of-today.html 28 September 2017 New York 18 August 2017Sommer Alison Kaplan Concrete Barriers on the Street: Facing Terror Wave, London Adopts Israeli-style Measures https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2017-06-07/ty-article/.premium/concrete-barriers-facing-terror-wave-london-adopts-israeli-style-measures/0000017f-f496-d5bd-a17f-f6be9c080000 28 September 2017 Haaretz 7 June 2017Lidman Melanie In tractor rampage, a return to a familiar, and deadly, terror method https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-tractor-rampage-a-return-to-a-familiar-and-deadly-terror-method/ 28 September 2017 The Times of Israel 4 August 2014 See also 2006 San Francisco SUV rampage References External links 13 Israeli Soldiers Hurt in Palestinian Vehicle Attack - published on Fox News on 22 September 2008 13 hurt by vehicle attack in Israel; driver killed - published on USA Today on 22 September 2008 Troops hurt in Jerusalem car attack - published on Aljazeera on 23 September 2008 17 hurt as terrorist plows car into Jerusalem crowd - published on Haaretz on 22 September 2008 Category:2008 road incidents Category:2000s road incidents in Asia Category:September 2008 crimes in Asia Category:September 2008 in Asia Category:Hamas attacks Category:Terrorist incidents involving vehicular attacks in Asia 2008 BMW attack Category:BMW Category:2008 in Jerusalem Category:2000s vehicle-ramming attacks Category:Vehicle-ramming attacks in Jerusalem