July 2023 Tel Aviv attack

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July 2023 Tel Aviv attack
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Location Tel Aviv, Israel
Date4 July 2023
Target Israeli civilians
Attack type
 Vehicle-ramming, stabbing
Deaths1 perpetrator, 1 fetus
Injured9 victims
PerpetratorHamas (claimed member)

On 4 July 2023, a Palestinian resident of the West Bank carried out a vehicle-ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hamas later claimed that the individual was a member and the attack in response to the July 2023 Jenin incursion. [1] [2] [3]

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Background

During 2023, Israel carried out incursions into Jenin, West Bank, in January, June and July. [1]

Attack

On 4 July 2023, a 20-year-old Palestinian man from As-Samu in the West Bank injured nine people in Tel Aviv, Israel. [1] He deliberately drove a pickup truck into pedestrians on Pinchas Rosen Street in the north of the city. [1] He then got out of the vehicle and stabbed one of them in the neck. [1] A motorcyclist shot the attacker dead. [1] Out of the injured, a seriously injured pregnant woman lost her unborn child. [4]

Reaction

Hamas said he was a member of their Islamist Palestinian nationalist militant group. [1] They praised the attack as heroic, saying it was revenge for the July 2023 Jenin incursion, which began the previous day. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Beaumont, Peter (4 July 2023). "Nine injured in Tel Aviv ramming and stabbing attack". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Tel Aviv: Seven injured in Palestinian car-ramming and stabbing attack". BBC News. 2023-07-04. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English (2023-07-04). "Several wounded in car ramming, stabbing attack in Tel Aviv". France 24. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-07-08.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Benson, Pesach (5 July 2023). "Pregnant Woman in Tel Aviv Terror Attack Loses Baby, Other Victims Improving". The Jewish Press. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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