Several Stabbed On Bus In Tel Aviv, Israel

[Purveyor]

Source: Russia Today/Haaretz

Several Israelis have reportedly been wounded in a stabbing attack on a Tel Aviv bus on Wednesday morning. The assailant was shot by Israeli police, Haaretz reported.

Five people were stabbed by a passenger on a Dan Line 40 bus on Begin Road in Tel Aviv near the Maariv Bridge, according to Ynetnews website. Two of the victims are in critical condition, while the other three are satisfactory. They were taken to the Ichilov Medical Center.

According to Magen David Adom emergency services, the two injured, who are in a fair condition, were evacuated to Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital, and one of the passengers was taken to Tel Hashomer Hospital.

According to an eye-witness report, the driver was the first victim of the attacker, so he was unable to open the doors of the bus, which was full during the rush hour. It was one of the passengers who managed to open the doors and let the frightened people out, i24news TV-channel reported.

Read more: http://rt.com/news/224619-israel-stabbing-attack-bus/

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Nine Israelis wounded in stabbing attack on Tel Aviv bus

Nine Israelis are reported wounded after a stabbing attack on a Tel Aviv bus Wednesday morning.

Two are reported to be in serious condition following the attack on Bus 40 on Derech Menachem Begin, a major thoroughfare in south Tel Aviv, near the Ma'ariv Bridge.

According to Magen David Adom emergency services, there are nine casualties in total, including three in fair condition, who were evacuated to Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital and Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. Four are additionally wounded in light condition.

The assailant was reportedly shot in the leg by Israeli police on Hamasger St., near the scene of the attack.

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The stabbing is being treated as a "terror attack," Israel Police foreign press spokesman Micky Rosenfeld wrote on Twitter.

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.638210

[azurnoir]

1. Netanyahu: Paris, Brussels, Tel Aviv – all victims of same terror

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack was part of a larger threat posed by Islamic jihadists, saying "it’s the same type of terror that hurt us in Paris, Brussels and everywhere." However, Netanyahu blamed the attack on what he described as the "Palestinian Authority's incitement against Jews and their country."

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman followed Netayahu's lead, and blamed Arab leadership: "Those standing behind this attack are also those who stand behind the riots in Rahat (a Bedouin town which has been scene to violent riots) and also were behind the string of terror attacks in Jerusalem: Abu Mazen, (Hamas leader) Ismail Haniyeh, Raed Salah (head of the Islamic Movement's Northern Branch) and Hanin Zoabi and Ahmed Tibi (two Israeli Arab MKs)."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4617536,00.html

[leftynyc]

2. I will never understand terrorists

Other than hurt or dead people, just what has this ever accomplished?

[oberliner]

4. Prevented peace agreements

Think about the spate of horrific attacks carried out by Hamas just when it looked like an Israel-Palestinian peace accord was actually possibly imminent.

[leftynyc]

5. THAT's exactly what I'm talking about

Nothing positive - for anyone - has ever come from terrorism.

[MrBig]

9. Extremist Right wing Israelis as well

The best chance for peace was ruined by a right wing Israeli extremist murdering Yitzhak Rabin. I remember when it happened because we had a minute of silence in Hebrew school. I didn't appreciate at the time the significance of it, but as I've gotten older - that single assassination has led to so much violence and bloodshed.

[azurnoir]

25. exactly when was that remind us please 2008, 2012, 2014, 2000 maybe

when exactly?

[oberliner]

26. Can you seriously be asking this question?

2001 (40 bombings)

Name Date Location Death toll Notes
Netanya centre bombing January 1, 2001 Netanya 60 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Tayibe Bridge bombing January 30, 2001 Tayibe 2 injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Beit Yisrael bombing February 8, 2001 Jerusalem 2 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Mei Ami junction bombing March 1, 2001 Vadi Ara 1 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Netanya bombing March 4, 2001 Netanya 3 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Talpiot industrial zone bombing March 27, 2001 Jerusalem 7 injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Egged bus 6 bombing March 27, 2001 French Hill, Jerusalem 28 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Mifgash Shalom attack March 28, 2001 Mifgash Shalom gas station, Kfar Saba 2 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kfar Saba bombing April 22, 2001 Kfar Saba 1 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Or Yehuda bombing April 23, 2001 Near Ben Gurion Airport 8 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Nablus school bus bombing April 29, 2001 Nablus, West Bank None Hamas claimed responsibility.
HaSharon Mall suicide bombing May 18, 2001 HaSharon shopping mall, Netanya 5 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hadera Mall bombing May 25, 2001 Hadera None Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hadera bus station suicide bombing May 25, 2001 Central bus station, Hadera 65 injured 2 Palestinians within a car bomb. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem Center bombing May 27, 2001 Jerusalem None PFLP claimed responsibility.
Jaffa Road bombing May 27, 2001 Jerusalem 30 injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Netanya school bombing May 30, 2001 Netanya 8 injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing June 1, 2001 Tel Aviv 21 Hamas claimed responsibility.[10]
Dugit bombing June 22, 2001 Gaza Strip 2 Booby trapped car's explosion. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Yehud suburb bombing July 2, 2001 Tel Aviv 6 injured Explosion of two separate bombs. PFLP claimed responsibility.
Kissufim bombing July 9, 2001 Southern Gaza Strip crossing point None Explosion of two separate bombs. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Binyamina train station suicide bombing July 16, 2001 Binyamina 2 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Moshav Beka'ot bombing August 8, 2001 Northern Jordan Valley 1 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing August 9, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 15 Carried out by Hamas together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Wall-Street Restaurant bombing August 12, 2001 Kiryat Motzkin 21 injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Russian Compound bombing August 21, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 1 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem car bombings September 3, 2001 Jerusalem 3 injured Series of car bombs.
Hanevi'im street bombing September 4, 2001 Jerusalem 20 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Nahariya train station suicide bombing September 9, 2001 Nahariya train station 3 Suicide bomber was an Arab Israeli citizen. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Beit Lid junction bombing September 9, 2001 Near Netanya 17 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Talpiot neighborhood bombing October 1, 2001 Jerusalem None Hamas claimed responsibility.
1st Erez Crossing attack October 7, 2001 Erez Passage near Gaza None Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kibbutz Shluhot bombing October 7, 2001 Kibbutz Shluhot 1 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
2nd Erez Crossing attack November 26, 2001 Gaza Strip 2 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
1st Egged bus 823 bombing November 29, 2001 Wadi Ara Junction 3 Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing December 1, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 11 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing December 2, 2001 Haifa 15 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hilton Mamilla bombing December 5, 2001 Mamilla, Jerusalem 11 injured Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Hamas.
Check Post Junction bombing December 9, 2001 Check Post Junction in the direction of Tel Hanan (Haifa area) 30 injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Neve Dekalim bombing December 12, 2001 Neve Dekalim 4 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.

2002 (47 bombings)[edit]
Name Date Location Death toll Notes
Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing January 25, 2002 Tel Aviv 25 injured Double Suicide attack, carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Fatah.
Jaffa Street bombing January 27, 2002 Jerusalem 1 First female suicide bomber in Al-Aqsa Intifada, Wafa Idris. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Tayibe bombing January 31, 2002 Tayibe None Hamas claimed responsibility.
Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing February 16, 2002 Karnei Shomron, West Bank 3 About 30 injuries (6 seriously). PFLP claimed responsibility.[11][12]
Maale Adumim - Jerusalem road bombing February 18, 2002 Jerusalem 1 Soldier killed by an explosive that was detonated by the driver of the car he was checking. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Efrat supermarket bombing attack February 22, 2002 Efrat, West Bank 1 injured Suicide bomber in supermarket.
Maccabim bombing February 27, 2002 Maccabim 3 injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre March 2, 2002 Yeshiva in Jerusalem 11 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
2nd Egged bus 823 bombing March 5, 2002 Afula 1 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[12]
Ariel hotel lobby bombing March 7, 2002 Ariel, West Bank 15 injured (1 seriously) PFLP claimed responsibility.[12]
Café Moment bombing March 9, 2002 Rehavia, Jerusalem 11 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Egged bus 22 bombing March 17, 2002 Jerusalem 25 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
3rd Egged bus 823 bombing March 20, 2002 Vadi Ara, Muzmuz Junction 7 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
King George Street bombing March 21, 2002 Jerusalem 3 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Passover massacre March 27, 2002 Netanya 30 Suicide attack on Passover seder in Park Hotel. Carried out by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing March 29, 2002 Kiryat Yovel in Jerusalem 2 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Allenby Street coffee shop bombing March 30, 2002 Tel Aviv 1 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Baqa al-Gharbiyah bombing March 30, 2002 Baqa al-Gharbiyah 1 Booby-trapped vehicle that Palestinians tried to sneak into Israel.
Matza restaurant suicide bombing March 31, 2002 Haifa 15 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Efrat Medical Center March 31, 2002 Efrat, West Bank 4 injured (1 seriously) Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem Roadblock bombing April 1, 2002 Jerusalem 1 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Yagur Junction bombing April 10, 2002 Yagur 8 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
3rd Mahane Yehuda Market attack April 12, 2002 Jerusalem 6 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Rishon LeZion bombing May 7, 2002 Rishon LeZion 15 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Netanya Market bombing May 19, 2002 Netanya 3 Carried out by Hamas together with PFLP.
Afula road bombing May 20, 2002 Afula None Hamas claimed responsibility.
Rothschild Street bombing May 22, 2002 Rishon Lezion 2 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Pi Glilot bombing May 23, 2002 North of Tel Aviv None A bomb exploded underneath a fuel truck. The truck burst into flames, but the blaze was quickly contained.
Studio 49 Disco bombing May 24, 2002 Tel Aviv 5 injured The security guard opened fire on a Palestinian attempting to detonate a car bomb. The Palestinian was killed, but the bomb exploded prematurely, injuring bystanders.
Petah Tikva Mall bombing May 27, 2002 Petah Tikva 2 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Megiddo Junction bus bombing June 5, 2002 Megiddo Junction 17 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing June 11, 2002 Herzliya 1 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Patt Junction Bus Bombing June 18, 2002 Jerusalem 19 Hamas claimed responsibility.
French Hill Junction massacre June 19, 2002 French Hill, Jerusalem 7 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Immanuel bus attack July 16, 2002 Emmanuel-Bnei Brak bus 189 9 Detonation of an explosive device and shooting. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Neve Shaanan Street bombing July 17, 2002 Southern Tel Aviv 5 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Nevi'im Street bombing July 30, 2002 Jerusalem 5 injured Apparently the bomb exploded prematurely.
Hebrew University massacre July 31, 2002 Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9 Included American and French casualties. Bomber was from East Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Meron Junction Bus 361 attack August 4, 2002 Meron Junction 9 Arab bomber with Israeli citizenship. Hamas claimed responsibility.
1st Umm al-Fahm bombing August 5, 2002 Umm al-Fahm Junction in Wadi Ara 1 injured The Palestinian exploded in a taxi killing himself and wounding an Israeli-Arab driver from Nazareth.
2nd Umm al-Fahm bombing September 18, 2002 Umm al-Fahm Junction in Wadi Ara 1 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Allenby Street bus bombing September 19, 2002 bus 4, near the Great Synagogue, Tel Aviv 6 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Geha road bombing October 10, 2002 Bar-Ilan interchange, Geha road 1 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Karkur junction suicide bombing October 21, 2002 Carcur Junction 14 2 Suicide bombers used a booby-trapped jeep with 100 kg TNT. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Sonol gas station bombing October 27, 2002 Ariel, West Bank 3 Victims killed while trying to prevent the Palestinian from detonating the bomb. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kfar Saba shopping mall bombing November 4, 2002 Kfar Saba 2 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kiryat Menachem bus bombing November 21, 2002 Kiryat Menahem, Jerusalem 11 Hamas claimed responsibility.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_suicide_attacks#2001_.2840_bombings.29

[azurnoir]

27. you seriously did not answer the question but rather took the opportunity to show us just how

awful and undeserving those Palestinians at least in the minds of some; what was the Palestinian death toll at during the same period? unless of course you are claiming Taba in 2000 was a serious chance for peace, now as to what I really asked here once again is your statement

oberliner (27,956 posts)
4. Prevented peace agreements

Think about the spate of horrific attacks carried out by Hamas just when it looked like an Israel-Palestinian peace accord was actually possibly imminent.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=993749

[shira]

32. That wasn't a knock on Palestinians. It was a knock on Hamas.

I understand many equate Hamas with all Palestinians, but that's just a ploy to call critics of Hamas haters.

[azurnoir]

33. There was nothing specific in the comment as to who it was

[shira]

34. Try again. It was in reference to post #4 above. n/t

[azurnoir]

35. well I responded to post #26 no reference there or in the linked wiki article

[shira]

36. It was still in reference to #4. You missed it. n/t

[azurnoir]

37. I missed nothing, neither the post nor the wiki link I responded to said specifically Hamas

[oberliner]

3. Hamas Praises Israel Bus Attack as 'Heroic Act'

Hamas has praised the attack on Israelis on a Tel Aviv bus on Wednesday, in which at least nine people were stabbed by a Palestinian, and which is being called a 'terror attack' by Israeli police.

Izzat al-Risheq, a member of Hamas' political bureau, called the attack a "bold, heroic act", according to Haaretz.

"The attack carried out this morning is a bold, heroic act and a natural response to the crimes of the occupation and terrorism against the Palestinian people," he said.

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hamas-praises-israel-bus-attack-heroic-act-621100

[leftynyc]

6. And this is what the people

of gaza have voted to be their leaders.

[iandhr]

7. I wish people would remember that more often.

[leftynyc]

8. Well, I guess it's up

to those like us to keep reminding them.

[xocet]

12. For perspective on your comment, you might consider that W was the US President for 8 years... n/t

[leftynyc]

14. And

what does that have to do with what the people of gaza voted for?

[xocet]

15. So did you vote for W? n/t

[leftynyc]

17. No - and neither

did the majority of Americans in 2004. What's your point? Have you seen a groundswell of protests or calls for new elections in Gaza that I'm unaware of?

[xocet]

18. What percentage in Gaza elected their present leadership? n/t

[leftynyc]

19. According to the Washington Post

terrorist hamas cleaned up in that vote:

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan. 26 -- The radical Islamic movement Hamas won a large majority in the new Palestinian parliament, according to official election results announced Thursday, trouncing the governing Fatah party in a contest that could dramatically reshape the Palestinians' relations with Israel and the rest of the world.

Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, another Fatah leader, resigned his post along with his cabinet early Thursday, as reports of Hamas's victory began to circulate. Although the cabinet would have been required to step aside even if Fatah had retained its majority, Qureia acknowledged in submitting his resignation that Hamas had earned the right to form the next cabinet.

"This is the choice of the people," Qureia, a member of the party's discredited old guard who did not run for reelection, told reporters here. "It should be respected."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012600372.html

[azurnoir]

20. so taking a majority in the Palestinian parliament equates to being elected leaders of Gaza?

you do realize that the election was held in both the West Bank and Gaza and that it was similar to the US mid-terms in that the President of the PLO/PA was elected a year earlier and guess what Hamas did not win that one

Hamas became the leaders of Gaza via a military coup 18 months after the Parliamentary elections

so tell us do you consider the Republicans to be the elected leaders of the US over the elected Democratic POTUS, because if not seems there is something of a double standard at work here to say Hamas was elected to by the people of Gaza to rule Gaza

[leftynyc]

23. Sure - as long as you don't

look too closely at the truth. Tell me, why should the Israeli's be asked to negotiate with a unwelcome and "illegal" government? Why shouldn't the US Congress vote to stop aid if what the poster said is true?

[leftynyc]

22. Are you seriously

comparing the US - where there is an election every two years come rain or shine - with Palestine where they STILL haven't had an election since - where there have been ZERO protests calling for an election. We've all seen the polls and seen how popular hamas is. If what you say is actually the truth - why aren't you and all the other pro-P folks SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS that hamas is so highly detrimental to the Gazans who are at the mercy of a terrorist organization that the US (and throw in the rest of the west while you're at it) should hold up aid until there is a vote. Why aren't you petitioning the President over this? No - it seems so much easier to trash Israel and order them to deal with those who you want to insist are there and are unwelcome. Not sure who you think you're fooling here.

[leftynyc]

24. Go ahead, tell me again

how the Palestinians are the poor pathetic victims of hamas. You may want to look at this poll first:

The poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) among a sample of 1,270 adults in person in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip between August 26-30, 2014, indicates that 79 percent of Palestinians believe Hamas won the war, 94 percent are satisfied with its military performance against Israel and a majority — 53 percent – believes that armed confrontation is the most effective means for establishing a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.

Eighty-six percent of Palestinians support launching of rockets from Gaza if the siege and blockade are not ended, according to the poll. Half of those polled believe that launching rockets from populated areas is unjustified, but that number increases to 59 percent among Gazans; only 38 percent of those polled in the West Bank believe it is unjustified.

http://972mag.com/post-gaza-war-poll-hamas-haniyeh-and-rockets-popularity-at-all-time-high/96243/

If they're so unpopular - why do 86% of the population support their tactics?

[Rhinodawg]

16. Nothing.

he was just venting.

[MrBig]

10. No Surprise

Yet for some reason we are supposed to respect their leadership. It makes no sense.

[NaturalHigh]

28. What's so heroic about trying to kill innocent people?

[oberliner]

29. Hamas does not believe that there are any innocent people among Zionists

They are all guilty and legitimate targets of resistance in their view.

[Archae]

11. Hamas is praising the attacker.

Figures.

But we're all told, "Donchu know? The Mossad set this whole thing up as a false flag, along with the CIA, because the Palestinians are just so noble that they would NE-VER commit an outrage like this!"

[Trillo]

13. How sad.

I wonder why it's labeled a "terror attack". If it had happened in the U.S., it would just be another violent person who was most likely mentally ill.

[oberliner]

30. Are you familiar with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

It's a very different situation than what is currently going on in the US.