| 2011 Tel Aviv truck attack | |
| Location: | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Date: | (Nakba Day) |
| Native Name: | פיגוע הדריסה בדרום תל אביב |
| Native Name Lang: | he |
| Time: | 9:35 am |
| Type: | Vehicle-ramming attack |
| Fatalities: | 1 civilian |
| Injuries: | 17 civilians |
| Assailant: | Aslam Ibrahim Isa |
| Numpart: | 1 |
| Weapon: | Truck |
On the morning of 15 May 2011, a terrorist attack was carried out in Tel Aviv. A truck was deliberately rammed into cars and pedestrians at busy "Bar-Lev" street (Highway 461) in the south of the city, killing one man and injuring 17 others.[1] The truck driver was identified as Aslam Ibrahim Isa, a 22-year-old Arab-Israeli man from the city of Kfar Kassem. Immediately after the attack he was arrested and taken to questioning by police.
Around 9:35 am, beginning at "Mesubim" junction and for 2 kilometers (1.2 miles), Isa shouted "Allahu Akbar!" as he hit with his truck multiple cars, buses, traffic signs, security rails, and people.[2] Police said a total of 15 vehicles were hit during the attack. Aviv Morag, a 29-year-old man from Givatayim, was killed.[1] The ramming attack ended when the truck crashed into an empty bus near a school. Isa then left the truck and reportedly shouted and threw objects at people. He hit a young girl in the head with a traffic light.[3] He was arrested by police, and later sentenced to prison.
This was one of a small cluster of terrorist vehicle-ramming attacks in Israel in this period, including the 2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, the 2008 Jerusalem BMW attack and the 2011 Tel Aviv nightclub attack.[4]