Attack in Rishon Letzion: crowd chased terrorist - wounded forgotten on scene

The haredi man stabbed today (Monday) in a stabbing attack in Rishon Letzion is a resident of central Bnei Brak. Behadrey Haredim learned that he is a kashrut supervisor who was in town for work purposes. The terrorist surprised him and stabbed him in the back.

He was taken to Assaf Harofeh hospital, put into the operating room with his condition defined as serious and unstable. The hospital note that he is already out of the operating room where they were able to stabilize his condition – he was transferred to the intensive care unit, while he is still in serious condition.

"My husband's condition is still very difficult," says his wife to Behadrey Haredim, "I ask the people of Israel to supplicate in prayer for Daniel Ben Yedida for refuah sheleima," she said.

The attack in Rishon Lezion spread over several scenes, starting in the afternoon at about 15:15. A 19-year-old terrorist from Hebron, managed to stab three people - two seriously and one lightly.

Daniel was stabbed in the corner of Herzl and Tarmav Street in a bus, the other wounded was stabbed by the terrorist during a deadly chase through the streets; he with a knife in his hand, searching for a Jewish victim, while bystanders and young people are chasing him in an attempt to neutralize him. The zeal to capture the terrorist was so great, that according to the documentation from the first minute, the wounded was forgotten as she lay on the sidewalk.

Documentation of the terrorist stabbing an 80 year old during the chase. Photo: Surveillance cameras of the municipality of Rishon Lezion

At this stage, the terrorist had come to the third point: a clothing store.

Here, the terrorist stabbed and lightly injured a young shop worker. The first details of the police investigation revealed that the resourcefulness of the shop owner kept him from continuing his plot. She locked the doors of the store on him and police officers who arrived at the scene within minutes, took over and handcuffed him.

Throughout this time young people gathered around the shop and demanded to harm the terrorist. Many police forces flowed to the place, and the process of rescue of the terrorist – alive, demanded numerous special forces which also exerted great power to prevent those present from carrying out a lynch at the terrorist.

In the following documentation one can see the policemen fighting and absorbing blows from the crowd, to secure the evacuation of the terrorist in the police car without harm.

A short time later, there was an attack on Tachkemoni Street cnr Binyamin Road in Netanya. A 72 year-old Jew was stabbed and seriously injured. The terrorist from Tulkarem was neutralized by gunshot and was seriously injured. Netanya bystanders also calculated to vent their anger at the terrorist, one of them was arrested at the scene by police after hitting the terrorist as he lay disabled.

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