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	During the morning ] of 21 January 2015, a ] man from ], ] boarded a ] in ] and stabbed multiple people in a ] attack.<ref name="Schoolboy">{{cite news\|last1=Booth\|first1=Jenny\|title=Schoolboy threw bag at knifeman during Tel Aviv bus attack\|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article4329888.ece\|accessdate=31 July 2015\|work=]\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hartman" /><ref name="Hashtag" /><ref name="Khoury">{{cite news\|last1=Khoury\|first1=Jack\|title=Tel Aviv Bus Terrorist Says He Was Motivated by Gaza War, Temple Mount, Martyrdom\|url=http://www.haaretz.com/beta/.premium-1.638284\|accessdate=31 July 2015\|newspaper=]\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref> After the bus he boarded had driven about 400 meters, the Palestinian attacked the ], who fought back, before turning to other passengers and attacking them. The bus stopped, with the passengers fleeing, and the Palestinian attacked others too. Israeli ] shot the ] in the foot and ]ed him.<ref name="Hartman">{{cite news\|last1=Hartman\|first1=Ben\|title=Palestinian terrorist stabs 12 aboard crowded Tel Aviv bus\|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Three-stabbed-on-Tel-Aviv-bus-388417\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|newspaper=Jerusalem Post\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>		During the morning ] of 21 January 2015, a ] man from ], ] boarded a ] in ] and stabbed multiple people in a ] attack.<ref name="Schoolboy">{{cite news\|last1=Booth\|first1=Jenny\|title=Schoolboy threw bag at knifeman during Tel Aviv bus attack\|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article4329888.ece\|accessdate=31 July 2015\|work=]\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hartman" /><ref name="Hashtag" /><ref name="Khoury">{{cite news\|last1=Khoury\|first1=Jack\|title=Tel Aviv Bus Terrorist Says He Was Motivated by Gaza War, Temple Mount, Martyrdom\|url=http://www.haaretz.com/beta/.premium-1.638284\|accessdate=31 July 2015\|newspaper=]\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref> After the bus he boarded had driven about 400 meters, the Palestinian attacked the ], who fought back, before turning to other passengers and attacking them. The bus stopped, with the passengers fleeing, and the Palestinian attacked others too. Israeli ] shot the ] in the foot and ]ed him.<ref name="Hartman">{{cite news\|last1=Hartman\|first1=Ben\|title=Palestinian terrorist stabs 12 aboard crowded Tel Aviv bus\|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Three-stabbed-on-Tel-Aviv-bus-388417\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|newspaper=Jerusalem Post\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>

	Twelve people were injured in the attack.<ref name=KershnerAttacker>{{cite news\|last1=Kershner\|first1=Isabel\|title=Opening His Mother's Clothing Shop, and Then Heading to Tel Aviv for a Rampage\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/world/middleeast/opening-his-mothers-clothing-shop-and-then-heading-to-tel-aviv-for-a-rampage.html\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|work=The New York Times\|date=22 January 2015}}</ref>		Twelve people were injured in the attack.<ref name=KershnerAttacker>{{cite news\|last1=Kershner\|first1=Isabel\|title=Opening His Mother's Clothing Shop, and Then Heading to Tel Aviv for a Rampage\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/world/middleeast/opening-his-mothers-clothing-shop-and-then-heading-to-tel-aviv-for-a-rampage.html\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|work=The New York Times\|date=22 January 2015}}</ref> The stabbing was the first violent incident in Tel Aviv since the November 2014 ].<ref name=StabAttack>{{cite news\|title=12 injured in Tel Aviv stab attack by Palestinian\|url=http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=755486\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|agency=]\|website=Ma'an\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>

		⚫	'']'' characterized this attack as representing a new category of threat to Israelis, "attacks carried out with seeming spontaneity by individuals acting without the instruction or backing of an organization."<ref name=KershnerAttacker/>
	==Attacks==		==Attacks==
	At 7:30 am the assailant boarded a bus in Tel Aviv about 7:30 a.m. and rode two stops before attacking the driver with a knife.<ref>{{cite report\|year=2015\|title = Stabbing Attack on Tel Aviv Bus Wounds Nine, Some in Critical Condition \| url = https://www.terrorism-info.org.il//Data/articles/Art_20762/E_014_15_703638796.pdf\|website=] \| publisher= Israeli Intelligence Heritage and Commemoration Center \| access-date = 26 March 2024}}</ref> The driver, Herzl Biton, fought back, using ].<ref name=LewisStabber>{{cite news\|last1=Kewis\|first1=Avi\|title=Tel Aviv bus stabber who injured 17 indicted\|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-bus-stabber-who-injured-17-indicted/\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|newspaper=]\|date=19 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title='רציתי להרוג אותו. ואז הוא דקר אותי שוב'\|trans-title='I wanted to kill him. And then he stabbed me again.'\|date=19 March 2015\|access-date=26 March 2024\|newspaper=]\|url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/267587\|first=Bat-Chen\|last=Epstein Elias}}</ref> The assailant attacked several passengers with the knife before they were able to open the doors of the bus and flee.<ref name=Kershner>{{cite news\|last1=Kershner\|first1=Isabel\|title=Stabbing on Tel Aviv Bus Breaks a Fragile Calm\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/world/middleeast/middle-east-violence.html?_r=0\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|work=]\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref> The assailant pursued the fleeing passengers, stabbing one a second time, before he attempted to flee the scene.<ref name=LewisStabber/>		At 7:30 am the assailant boarded a bus in Tel Aviv about 7:30 a.m. and rode two stops before attacking the driver with a knife.<ref>{{cite report\|year=2015\|title = Stabbing Attack on Tel Aviv Bus Wounds Nine, Some in Critical Condition \| url = https://www.terrorism-info.org.il//Data/articles/Art_20762/E_014_15_703638796.pdf\|website=] \| publisher= Israeli Intelligence Heritage and Commemoration Center \| access-date = 26 March 2024}}</ref> The driver, Herzl Biton, fought back, using ].<ref name=LewisStabber>{{cite news\|last1=Kewis\|first1=Avi\|title=Tel Aviv bus stabber who injured 17 indicted\|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-bus-stabber-who-injured-17-indicted/\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|newspaper=]\|date=19 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title='רציתי להרוג אותו. ואז הוא דקר אותי שוב'\|trans-title='I wanted to kill him. And then he stabbed me again.'\|date=19 March 2015\|access-date=26 March 2024\|newspaper=]\|url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/267587\|first=Bat-Chen\|last=Epstein Elias}}</ref> The assailant attacked several passengers with the knife before they were able to open the doors of the bus and flee.<ref name=Kershner>{{cite news\|last1=Kershner\|first1=Isabel\|title=Stabbing on Tel Aviv Bus Breaks a Fragile Calm\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/world/middleeast/middle-east-violence.html?_r=0\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|work=]\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref> The assailant pursued the fleeing passengers, stabbing one a second time, before he attempted to flee the scene.<ref name=LewisStabber/>
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	Noting that the suspect was unrepentant and showed no empathy for his victims, Judge Yaron Levi, of the Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Matrouk to 28 years in prison.<ref name=Beck>{{cite news\|last1=Beck\|first1=Jonathan\|title=Tel Aviv bus stabber sentenced to 28 years in jail\|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-bus-stabber-sentenced-to-28-years-in-jail/\|access-date=29 July 2015\|newspaper=]\|date=20 July 2015}}</ref>		Noting that the suspect was unrepentant and showed no empathy for his victims, Judge Yaron Levi, of the Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Matrouk to 28 years in prison.<ref name=Beck>{{cite news\|last1=Beck\|first1=Jonathan\|title=Tel Aviv bus stabber sentenced to 28 years in jail\|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-bus-stabber-sentenced-to-28-years-in-jail/\|access-date=29 July 2015\|newspaper=]\|date=20 July 2015}}</ref>

	==Context==
	The stabbing was the first violent incident in Tel Aviv since the November 2014 ].<ref name=StabAttack>{{cite news\|title=12 injured in Tel Aviv stab attack by Palestinian\|url=http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=755486\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|agency=]\|website=Ma'an\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>

⚫	'']'' characterized this attack as representing a new category of threat to Israelis, "attacks carried out with seeming spontaneity by individuals acting without the instruction or backing of an organization."<ref name=KershnerAttacker/>

	==Response==		==Response==
	] leaders praised the attack,<ref name=Levinson>{{cite news\|last1=Levinson\|first1=Chaim\|title=12 Israelis wounded in stabbing attack on Tel Aviv bus\|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.638210\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|newspaper=]\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref> calling it a, "natural reaction" on the part of an occupied people. ] said, "there is no bigger terrorism than occupying people, stealing their lands, freedom and dignity."<ref name=StabAttack/>		] leaders praised the attack,<ref name=Levinson>{{cite news\|last1=Levinson\|first1=Chaim\|title=12 Israelis wounded in stabbing attack on Tel Aviv bus\|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.638210\|accessdate=29 July 2015\|newspaper=]\|date=21 January 2015}}</ref> calling it a, "natural reaction" on the part of an occupied people. ] said, "there is no bigger terrorism than occupying people, stealing their lands, freedom and dignity."<ref name=StabAttack/>

	The ] responded by asserting that, "Resistance attacks will not stop."<ref name=StabAttack/>		The ] responded by asserting that, "Resistance attacks will not stop."<ref name=StabAttack/>
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Latest revision as of 06:30, 11 November 2024

Terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, Israel

2015 Tel Aviv attacks
Location	Tel Aviv, Israel
Date	21 January 2015 (2015-01-21) c. 7:30 a.m.
Attack type	Stabbing
Weapons	Knife
Deaths	0
Injured	12 (+1 attacker)
Perpetrator	Hamza Matrouk
Motive	Islamic extremism

During the morning rush hour of 21 January 2015, a Palestinian man from Tulkarm, West Bank boarded a bus in Tel Aviv and stabbed multiple people in a terrorist attack. After the bus he boarded had driven about 400 meters, the Palestinian attacked the driver, who fought back, before turning to other passengers and attacking them. The bus stopped, with the passengers fleeing, and the Palestinian attacked others too. Israeli police shot the terrorist in the foot and arrested him.

Twelve people were injured in the attack. The stabbing was the first violent incident in Tel Aviv since the November 2014 Killing of Sergeant Almog Shiloni.

The New York Times characterized this attack as representing a new category of threat to Israelis, "attacks carried out with seeming spontaneity by individuals acting without the instruction or backing of an organization."

Attacks

At 7:30 am the assailant boarded a bus in Tel Aviv about 7:30 a.m. and rode two stops before attacking the driver with a knife. The driver, Herzl Biton, fought back, using pepper spray. The assailant attacked several passengers with the knife before they were able to open the doors of the bus and flee. The assailant pursued the fleeing passengers, stabbing one a second time, before he attempted to flee the scene.

As the assailant attempted to run away, bystanders who happened to be employees of the Israeli prison system gave chase, firing into the air. When the fleeing assailant did not stop, they shot him in the legs and captured him.

Perpetrator

The stabbing attack was carried out by Hamza Muhammad Hassan Matrouk, a 23-year-old illegal immigrant worker from Al Jib. His parents are divorced and his father resides in Tulkarem.

Residents of Tulkarem who knew the suspect stated that he was not affiliated with any political party.

Trial and sentencing

Matrouk was a "lone wolf" who told the court that he had been motivated by watching radical Islamic programs on TV; he spoke of, “reaching paradise.”

Noting that the suspect was unrepentant and showed no empathy for his victims, Judge Yaron Levi, of the Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Matrouk to 28 years in prison.

Response

Hamas leaders praised the attack, calling it a, "natural reaction" on the part of an occupied people. Mousa Abu Marzook said, "there is no bigger terrorism than occupying people, stealing their lands, freedom and dignity."

The Popular Resistance Committees responded by asserting that, "Resistance attacks will not stop."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the attack as a direct result of incitement by the Palestinian Authority of president Mahmoud Abbas, "The attack in Tel Aviv is a direct result of poisonous incitement from the Palestinian Authority towards Jews and their state. This is the same terror which tried to harm us in Paris, Brussels and everywhere."

The hashtag #JeSuisCouteau ('I am a knife') and an Arabic translated by the newspaper Haaretz as "#TheKnivesRevolution" instantly spread across the internet in support of the knife attack on Israeli bus passengers. In addition, many people posted images of knives dripping with blood on social media and called for more attacks on Israelis.

References

Booth, Jenny (21 January 2015). "Schoolboy threw bag at knifeman during Tel Aviv bus attack". The Times. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
^ Hartman, Ben (21 January 2015). "Palestinian terrorist stabs 12 aboard crowded Tel Aviv bus". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
^ "'I am a knife' hashtag supports bus terror attack in Tel Aviv". Haaretz. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Khoury, Jack (21 January 2015). "Tel Aviv Bus Terrorist Says He Was Motivated by Gaza War, Temple Mount, Martyrdom". Haaretz. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
^ Kershner, Isabel (22 January 2015). "Opening His Mother's Clothing Shop, and Then Heading to Tel Aviv for a Rampage". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
^ "12 injured in Tel Aviv stab attack by Palestinian". Ma'an. Agence France-Presse. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Stabbing Attack on Tel Aviv Bus Wounds Nine, Some in Critical Condition (PDF). Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (Report). Israeli Intelligence Heritage and Commemoration Center. 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ Kewis, Avi (19 February 2015). "Tel Aviv bus stabber who injured 17 indicted". Times of Israel. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Epstein Elias, Bat-Chen (19 March 2015). "'רציתי להרוג אותו. ואז הוא דקר אותי שוב'" ['I wanted to kill him. And then he stabbed me again.']. Israel Hayom. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ Kershner, Isabel (21 January 2015). "Stabbing on Tel Aviv Bus Breaks a Fragile Calm". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Amir, Tal (12 October 2016). "מחוץ לסורגים: סוהרי השב"ס שהפכו לגיבורים בעל כורחם" [Outside the bars: the Israel Prison Service guards who became heroes against their will]. Maariv. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
"Israel bus attack: Tel Aviv passengers stabbed". BBC. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
^ Beck, Jonathan (20 July 2015). "Tel Aviv bus stabber sentenced to 28 years in jail". Times of Israel. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Levinson, Chaim (21 January 2015). "12 Israelis wounded in stabbing attack on Tel Aviv bus". Haaretz. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

v t e Prominent terrorist attacks against Israelis in the 2010s
2010	Tapuah junction stabbing (10 February) Murder of Neta Sorek (24 February) West Bank shooting attack (31 August) Murder of Kristine Luken (18 December)
2011	Itamar attack (11 March) Jerusalem bus stop bombing (23 March) Hamas school bus attack (7 April) Southern Israel cross-border attacks (18 August) Tel Aviv nightclub attack (29 August) Murder of Asher and Yonatan Palmer (23 September)
2012	Attacks on Israeli diplomats (13 February) Burgas bus bombing (18 July) Sinai attack (5 August) Southern Israel cross-border attack (21 September) Tel Aviv bus bombing (21 November)
2013	Tapuah junction stabbing (30 April) Bat Yam bus bombing (22 December)
2014	Murder of Shelly Dadon (1 May) Gush Etzion kidnapping and murder (12 June) Jerusalem tractor attack (4 August) Jerusalem ramming (22 October) Attempted assassination of Yehudah Glick (29 October) Jerusalem vehicular attack (5 November) Killing of Almog Shiloni (10 November) Alon Shvut stabbing (10 November) Jerusalem synagogue attack (18 November)
2015	Tel Aviv bus stabbings (21 January) Shvut Rachel shooting (29 June) Murder of Eitam and Na'ama Henkin (1 October) Lions' Gate stabbings (3 October) Beersheva bus station shooting (18 October) Tel Aviv synagogue stabbings (19 November) Gush Etzion Junction attack (19 November)
2016	Tel Aviv shooting (1 January) Tel Aviv stabbings (8 March) Jerusalem bus bombing (18 April) Tel Aviv shooting (8 June) Murder of Hallel Yaffa Ariel (30 June) Jerusalem shooting (9 October)
2017	Jerusalem truck attack (8 January) Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing (14 April) June 2017 Jerusalem attack (16 June) Temple Mount shooting (14 July) Halamish stabbing (21 July) Petah Tikva stabbing (24 July) Yavne attack (2 August) Har Adar shooting (26 September)
2018	Ariel stabbing (5 February) Murder of Ari Fuld (16 September) Barkan Industrial Park shooting (7 October)
2019	Murder of Ori Ansbacher (7 February) Murder of Yehuda and Tamar Kaduri (10 January) Samaria combined attack (17 March) Murder of Dvir Sorek (7 August) Murder of Rina Shnerb (23 August)
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v t e Prominent Palestinian militancy attacks in the 2010s
Within Israel	Murder of Neta Sorek (February 24, 2010) Murder of Kristine Luken (December 18, 2010) Jerusalem bus stop bombing (March 23, 2011) Hamas school bus attack (April 7, 2011) Tel Aviv nightclub attack (August 29, 2011) Tel Aviv bus bombing (November 21, 2012) Bat Yam bus bombing (December 22, 2013) Murder of Shelly Dadon (May 1, 2014) Jerusalem tractor attack (August 4, 2014) Assassination attempt of Yehuda Glick (October 29, 2014) Second Jerusalem vehicular attack (November 5, 2014) Killing of Sergeant Almog Shiloni (November 10, 2014) Jerusalem synagogue attack (November 18, 2014) Tel Aviv bus stabbing attacks (January 21, 2015) Beersheva bus station shooting (October 18, 2015) Tel Aviv synagogue stabbing (November 19, 2015) Tel Aviv shooting (1 January, 2016) Tel Aviv stabbings (8 March, 2016) Jerusalem bus bombing (18 April, 2016) 2nd Tel Aviv shooting (8 June, 2016) Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing (14 April, 2017) Yavne attack (2 August, 2017)
West Bank	Tapuah junction stabbing (February 10, 2010) West Bank shooting attack (August 31, 2010) Itamar attack (March 11, 2011) Fatal West Bank stoning attack (September 23, 2011) Tapuah junction stabbing (April 30, 2013) Kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers (June 12, 2014) First Jerusalem vehicular attack (October 22, 2014) Alon Shvut stabbing attack (November 10, 2014) Shvut Rachel shooting (June 29, 2015) Murder of Eitam and Na'ama Henkin (October 1, 2015) Lions' Gate stabbings (October 3, 2015) Gush Etzion Junction shooting (November 19, 2015) Murder of Hallel Yaffa Ariel (30 June, 2016) Jerusalem shooting attack (9 October, 2016) Jerusalem truck attack (8 January, 2017) Jerusalem attack (16 June, 2017) Temple Mount shooting (14 July, 2017) Halamish stabbing attack (21 July, 2017) Har Adar shooting (26 September, 2017) Ariel stabbing (5 February, 2018) Barkan Industrial Park shooting (7 October, 2018) Samaria combined attack (17 March, 2019) Murder of Dvir Sorek (7 August, 2019)
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