July 2023 Tel Aviv attack explained

July 2023 Tel Aviv attack
Location:Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:4 July 2023
Partof:the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Target:Israeli civilians
Type:Vehicle-ramming, stabbing
Fatalities:1 perpetrator, 1 fetus
Injuries:9 victims
Perpetrator:Hamas (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]

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nine injured in Tel Aviv ramming and stabbing attack. The Guardian. Peter. Beaumont. 4 July 2023. 4 July 2023. 4 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230704121144/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/seven-injured-in-tel-aviv-ramming-and-stabbing-attack. live.
  2. News: Gritten . David . 2023-07-04 . Tel Aviv: Seven injured in Palestinian car-ramming and stabbing attack . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230708104451/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66095623 . 2023-07-08 . 2023-07-08 . BBC News . en-GB.
  3. Web site: 2023-07-04 . Several wounded in car ramming, stabbing attack in Tel Aviv . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230708125622/https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230704-several-injured-in-car-ramming-stabbing-attack-in-tel-aviv . 2023-07-08 . 2023-07-08 . France 24 . en.
  4. Web site: Benson . Pesach . 5 July 2023 . Pregnant Woman in Tel Aviv Terror Attack Loses Baby, Other Victims Improving . live . The Jewish Press . 5 July 2023 . 6 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230706024100/https://www.jewishpress.com/news/terrorism-news/pregnant-woman-in-tel-aviv-terror-attack-loses-baby-other-victims-improving/2023/07/05/ .