An attempted stabbing at the entrance to Netiv HaAsara in the northwestern Negev, near the Gaza Strip border, was foiled late Monday morning.
תיעוד מרגע חיסול המחבל בנתיב העשרה pic.twitter.com/sNL8jyxjTP
— בז news (@1717Bazz) July 22, 2024
What makes this terror attack slightly more unusual is that the Muslim terrorist was reportedly also a Canadian citizen (initial reports misidentified him as a US citizen). He had entered Israel the day before on a tourist visa.
The terror-tourist yelled in English that the IDF is killing civilians in Gaza and he then tried to stab a group of soldiers with his knife. Beforehand, he had talked to the guards and told them that Israel is committing genocide.
As he charged at the soldiers with his knife, he was shot and killed.
דובר צה"ל:
לפני זמן קצר הגיע מחבל לשער נתיב העשרה, ירד מרכבו ואיים באמצעות סכין על לוחמי כיתת הכוננות של נתיב העשרה הפועלים במקום.
הלוחמים הגיבו בירי וניטרלו את המחבל, אין נפגעים לכוחותינו.
נדגיש כי החשוד הוא אזרח זר שהגיע למקום משטח ישראל ולא משטח רצועת עזה.*OTR:*
מדובר… pic.twitter.com/TbrvWoveQj— בז news (@1717Bazz) July 22, 2024
The terrorist arrived in a private car.
A 61-year-old woman was treated at the scene for a panic attack.
There have been a number of foreign radical activists causing problems recently, mostly in Judea and Samaria.
Netiv HaAsara (lit. Path of the Ten) is a moshav that was founded in 1982 by 70 families who were residents of the former Israeli settlement of Netiv HaAsara in the Sinai Peninsula, which was evacuated by the Begin government to comply with the Camp David Accords.
The moshav is named after ten soldiers who were killed in a helicopter accident south of Rafah in 1971. Its original name was Minyan.
