""A true miracle happened to us": A terrorist with a knife tried to break into a house - and was killed

May 8, 2022   

Thwarting an intrusion attempt: A Palestinian terrorist, armed with a knife, attempted to enter a house in the Tekoa settlement in eastern Gush Etzion this evening (Sunday) and was eliminated by a member of the settlement's emergency squad. Hurry: Tickets for the Rashbi Festival are on sale now • To buy? Click here The terrorist climbed over the fence of a soldier's house - who identified him. He was neutralized after he did not comply with the suspicious arrest procedure carried out against him. The village leadership called on residents to lock themselves in their homes for a long hour. Yair Maimon, who neutralized the terrorist, told the Ynet website: "I was sitting with my wife and children on the balcony and we were drinking a cup of tea. Suddenly I saw a guy climbing a post in the fence next to my house. I shouted at him, 'Who are you?' and he mumbled something incomprehensible. I immediately realized that I was in the midst of a terrorist attack. I brought my wife and seven children into the house, and told them to close the doors. I went inside the house and took out the gun. "I immediately went outside and realized that the terrorist had flanked me through the house's parking lot. I heard a rustling noise from the bushes, I turned around and saw him right in front of my eyes with the knife in his hand. I immediately fired several bullets until he was neutralized. A major disaster was averted here, a real miracle had happened to us. This is an event that could have ended completely differently." The village chairman, Moshe Swil, said: "The village resident showed resourcefulness and acted in an inspiring manner when he eliminated the terrorist at the entrance to his house, thus preventing a major disaster." The terrorist who was eliminated is Muhammad Taleb Atallah, 17, from the village of Harmela in Gush Etzion. An IDF spokesman said: "Following a report of a security incident in the village of Tekoa, a terrorist armed with a knife entered the area of ​​the village and was shot by a civilian. IDF forces were rushed to the scene and are now searching for additional suspects in the area." This is a terrorist incident from Monday evening: about an hour earlier, a terrorist armed with a knife stabbed a Border Guard soldier in the Nablus Gate area, moderately wounding him. The terrorist arrived armed with a knife near the Border Police station at the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem. Border Police soldiers, who were suspicious of him, asked to check him at the station, where the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed one of the soldiers in the upper body. The soldier received first aid on the spot and was taken to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital. A soldier who was there opened fire on the terrorist and neutralized him. He was seriously injured and taken to the hospital. The terrorist is a 19-year-old Palestinian, an illegal resident, from a village near Ramallah.