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Palestinian to be charged with terror over Tel Aviv ramming of motorcyclist
[IsraelTimes] Police, Shin Bet say Ali Hamad confessed to December 8 attack, in which he moderately maimed an Israeli man; said he was avenging cousin’s deathPolice prosecutors on Monday said they plan to file terror charges against a Paleostinian man who rammed a vehicle into a motorcyclist in Tel Aviv earlier this month, after an investigation found the motive for the incident was nationalistic. Police and the Shin Bet security agency said in a joint statement that Ali Hamad, 31, who had entered Israel illegally, confessed to the attack on December 8, saying he had committed it as Dire Revenge after his cousin was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops in the West Bank a day before the attack. Hamad’s cousin, Mojahed al-Najjar, shot up an Israeli military post near the settlement of Ofra before being chased and rubbed out by troops. Hamad committed the attack with a car that had been taken off the road by police order due to damage from a crash, and was then illegally put back in use. According to the Kan public broadcaster, he managed to drive into Israel from the West Bank with the unauthorized car, which had Israeli license plates. Police said prosecutors would file an indictment against Hamad in the next few days. Hamad was arrested shortly after the incident, and police initially described it as a traffic accident. But several days later, the Shin Bet said it suspected the ramming was intentional. The Israeli man on the cycle of violence, Gilad Tanami, was moderately hurt, according to medical officials. Last week, from his hospital bed, Tanami told the Kan public broadcaster he "knew it was a terror attack." "I looked up and saw a car accelerating in my direction," he told the network, describing how he was thrown up into the air. "He continued driving with my cycle of violence under the vehicle for about 40 meters and then got stuck on a pole," he added. Posted by: trailing wife 2022-12-20 |
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