A woman at a bus stop in the city of Ofakim was suspected of being a terrorist. And what did it turn out to be in the end?

April 8, 2022   

A woman standing at a bus stop in the city of Ofakim, veiled from head to toe, except for her eyes, behaved in a very suspicious manner and attracted the attention of people who were, of course, very frightened. Are you over the age of 60? This is the teaching for you from Rabbi Kanievsky, zt”l When they tried to talk to her, she turned her head to the station wall. As a result, a police car was called to the scene. Many police cars and officers arrived at the scene, surrounding the suspect and trying to restrain her, but she turned her head to the wall. After long, nerve-wracking minutes, the woman agreed to say in Hebrew that she was from the Haredi Moshav Tifarah - and it turned out that she was Haredi, apparently belonging to the 'Taliban' sect. One of the police officers stayed behind to escort her to the bus, to prevent any further unpleasantness from the driver. "It was a matter of time before one of the police officers with drawn weapons would shoot her," said a city resident who was present at the scene to the Haredim 10. "Everyone is tense about the security situation, and in Ofakim they are not at all used to women like that.".