According to the Israel Police and Shin Bet security agency, a Palestinian driver was responsible for a car-ramming incident in Tel Aviv earlier this month.
On December 8 on Tel Aviv’s Abarbanel Street, the vehicle’s driver, Ali Hamed, 31, of the hamlet of Silwad near Ramallah, collided with a moped rider.
Police discovered that Hamed had driven a car with Israeli license plates stolen from another vehicle, had crossed the Green Line unlawfully, and did not possess a valid driver’s license.
Hamed acted with a nationalistic intent, according to a Shin Bet probe. He admitted, while being questioned, that he had decided to get retribution for his cousin, who had been murdered the day before in a shootout with Israeli security forces as he attempted to carry out a shooting attack.
On Monday, Hamed was accused of committing terrorist charges.
In a joint statement, the police and Shin Bet stated that “security forces will continue to act in every way to disrupt terrorist attacks and fully prosecute those who conduct assaults.”
JOIN US ON WHAT'SAPP, TO GET INSTANT STATUS UPDATES AND BE IN THE KNOW.
CLICK HERE
