Terror in Israel: IDF officer murdered in Beit Kama stabbing attack

• Published date: 14 March 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The knife-wielding terrorist was killed on the scene and has been identified as Fadi Abu Eltaif, 22 years old. Eltaif held Israeli citizenship and had been living in Israel since 2019, although he was originally from the Gaza Strip. Both his parents currently reside in the Gaza Strip

The victim, Senior Warrant Officer Uri Moyal, 51 years old from Dimona, succumbed to his wounds on Thursday night, according to a statement by Dimona mayor Benny Bitton.

Moyal was initially rushed to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba after the attack.

Those on the scene of the attack

"We arrived at the scene with large forces. We saw a lot of commotion, and near one of the shops, a 50-year-old man was lying unconscious and suffering from penetrating wounds to his body.

"We immediately put him in an MDA intensive care vehicle and evacuated him to the hospital in critical condition while CPR was being performed," the MDA statement read.

According to an eyewitness on the scene of the attack, "We saw a soldier arguing with someone. We heard continuous gunfire and managed to escape from...