Muhammad Abu Al-Kiyan
Family of terrorist in town of Houra deplore attack
“This is the act of an individual, and we must condemn this despicable act and continue to live together,” said Ishaq Abu Al-Kiyan, deputy head of the Houra Regional Council.
“We will never forget you ... you always helped everyone, and then came a Jew-hater and took you away from us. You were with us in heart and soul,” says the husband of Doris Yahbas, a mother of three who was stabbed to death, in her eulogy.
Michael Barak, a senior researcher on terrorism and radical Islamic networks, told JNS that ISIS calls on its supporters to use a combination of vehicle-ramming attacks and sharp blades for “maximum carnage.”
Bennett praises civilians who neutralized active terrorist in Beersheva knife attack
The Israeli prime minister noted that the two Israeli civilians who brought down the assailant “exhibited alertness and bravery, and prevented more bloodshed.”
The terrorist, a resident of the Bedouin town of Houra, ran over a cyclist before leaving his vehicle and started to slash at civilians near the Big shopping center in southern Israel.