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| Woman 'executed' during suspected terror attack in Israeli city; she was a Border Police officer who died confronting the jihadi | |
| 2024-10-07 | |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] … as 10 others wounded in 'stabbing and shooting' at bus station. A woman has been 'executed' during a suspected terror attack which left 10 more injured in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. The shooter, named locally by the Israel Hayom as Ahmed Suliman Al-Ukbi, 29, an Israeli citizen, had opened fire at a central bus station before targeting a McDonald's and a nearby coffeeshop before police arrived. The ambulance service earlier said a severely wounded woman in her twenties was being treated at the scene before she succumbed to her injuries, as security forces remain on high alert ahead of the anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel. The assailant was killed by cops at the scene, but police forces from the Southern District remained at the shooting site while they searched for accomplices, saying that 'the situation is still active.' A witness at the scene told N12 News he saw soldiers fire at the assailant, who media reported was a member of the Bedouin minority in Israel's Negev desert. Another 10 other people were hurt in the attack, including one in a moderate to serious condition, who is receiving treatment in nearby Soroka Hospital. Police did not identify the assailant but said they were treating it as a terror attack. Following the attack, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for the deportation of the terrorist despite his Israeli citizenship and his family, according to Israeli media. 'I call on the Prime Minister to pass the law we proposed today to deport families of terrorists. Pass the law of deporting families of terrorists,' he said. 'There are many Bedouins loyal to the state, but there are some who are not. Those who are unfaithful should be dealt with firmly.' This is the second mass shooting incident in Israel in a week. A suspected terror attack was reported in Israel's Tel Aviv on October 1 with Israeli police reporting a suspected shooting in Jaffa that resulted in multiple casualties. Police confirmed that eight people were killed and seven others were injured in the attack, which occurred on Jerusalem Street near a light rail station. Sunday's mass shooting comes after Israel last night launched 30 airstrikes on Lebanon just a day before the anniversary of the October 7 massacre. Terrifying video footage captured the moment an orange blaze erupted above Lebanon's capital with reports suggesting the strike may have hit a petrol station, according to a map provided by the Israeli military. Lebanon's official National News Agency said the Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut was hit by more than 30 strikes overnight, which were heard across the city, with smoke still seen billowing from the site after dawn. Israel's military said it 'conducted a series of strikes on a number of weapons storage facilities' and infrastructure, stressing it had taken 'numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians'. In the Sabra area, near the southern suburbs, dozens of people, some carrying bags on foot and others on motorbikes, fled one of the most intense bombardments of the Israel-Hezbollah war. Israel says it's now struck more than 2,000 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the Iranian-backed militia group continues to fire back. In a televised address last night Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was fighting against the forces of 'barbarism', led by Iran. In a Sunday morning update from the IDF, it said the Israeli air force intercepted a 'number' of aerial targets launched from Lebanese territory overnight. The post on X says the targets did not cross into Israeli territory but that alerts were issued due to the risk of fragments falling from the sky. It followed warnings being issued in the Western Galilee area. In a separate update from earlier, the IDF also said an Israeli navy missile ship intercepted two drones 'launched from the east' in the Mediterranean Sea, while the air force intercepted one unmanned aerial device (UAV) in the maritime area off the coast of Gush Dan - also launched from the east. No casualties were reported in either case, it added.
The shooter, who was said to be killed at the scene by IDF soldiers, was identified as Ahmad al-Uqbi, 29, an Israeli citizen from the unrecognized Bedouin village of Uqbi, near Hura. He is said to have a prior criminal record. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said that 10 people were wounded in the attack and taken for treatment to the Soroka Medical Center, including a woman in serious condition and four men in moderate condition, all of whom sustained gunshot wounds. Another five were listed in good condition after being hit by glass shards or blunt trauma, while three others were treated for acute anxiety, MDA added. In November 2023, Suslik posted on Instagram about celebrating her 19th birthday in the shadow of war, writing that the situation “gives even more meaning to the privilege I have to celebrate life in uniform, just over a month after kids my age were killed in battle for the state in the same uniform.” In a statement, the Israel Police said she is survived by her parents and three siblings. According to the Kan public broadcaster, al-Uqbi is a relative of Muhanad al-Uqbi, from the same Bedouin town, who carried out a deadly 2015 terror shooting inside the Beersheba central bus station. | |
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