A Palestinian woman has been shot after launching an horrific terror attack on an unsuspecting Israeli guard in broad daylight. The moment shows the 22-year-old Hilwa Salim Darwish, approached the guard at his post at a checkpoint outside the settlement city of Betar Illit, located a short distance away from Jerusalem.
The woman from west Bethlehem, Galilee in northern Israel is seen talking to Yishai Kreitenberger, a civilian security guard who was standing at his post. According
to reports Darwish, who was wearing a black abaya and hijab, was
stopped and asked for identification as she walked towards the gate of
the predominantly Jewish city, with a population of 47,000.
As Mr Kreitenberger, who turned 33 today, checked her identification, she slowly reached into her handbag and pulled out what looks like a large hunting knife.
She then lunged at the guard and quickly tried to stab him before being shot in the street.
Mr Kreitenberger, who was injured in the attack, was rushed to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem and suffered minor wounds.
He later described the events leading up to the attack.
He
told the Algemeiner Journal:
“I was standing at the city’s guard post when I noticed the terrorist walking towards me…She was tense, looking around [as though] she was unfamiliar with the place.
“As she approached, she presented her green Palestinian ID card.
“So I told her she could not enter. While I was talking, I saw her putting her hand in her purse. [When] I asked her why she was [doing that], she took out a knife and managed to scratch me with it.”
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