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Nimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal, a 37-year old man and a father of four, who was from the neighboring village of [[Beit Surik]], was behind the attack. He held a license to work in Israeli settlements.<ref name="JonesThreeKilled">{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Rory|title=Three Israelis Killed|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/three-israelis-killed-in-west-bank-shooting-1506410187|accessdate=26 September 2017|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=KershnerKills>{{cite news|last1=Kershner|first1=Isabel|title=Palestinian Gunman Kills 3 at West Bank Checkpoint|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/world/middleeast/gunman-kills-israelis.html|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=26 September 2017}}</ref> An initial inquiry into the attack uncovered Jamal suffered from severe personal and family issues, including domestic violence. It was reported that he physically assaulted his wife, and as a result, she fled to Jordan several weeks ago, leaving him with the children.<ref name=Facebook>{{cite news|last1=Osmo|first1=Liad|title=Terrorist sends apologetic message to wife minutes before attack|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5021220,00.html|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=Ynetnews|date=26 September 2017}}</ref> Minutes before before carrying out the attack, Jamal sent his wife a message on [[Facebook Messenger]], apologizing for what he was about to do, mourned her departure and said he had been a terrible husband to her.<ref name=Facebook2>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/wife-of-har-adar-terrorist-left-him-weeks-before-shooting/|title=Wife of Har Adar terrorist left him weeks before shooting|publisher=Times of Israel|date=26 September 2017|author=Lieber, Dov}}</ref>
Nimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal, a 37-year old man and a father of four, who was from the neighboring village of [[Beit Surik]], was behind the attack. He held a license to work in Israeli settlements.<ref name="JonesThreeKilled">{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Rory|title=Three Israelis Killed|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/three-israelis-killed-in-west-bank-shooting-1506410187|accessdate=26 September 2017|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=KershnerKills>{{cite news|last1=Kershner|first1=Isabel|title=Palestinian Gunman Kills 3 at West Bank Checkpoint|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/world/middleeast/gunman-kills-israelis.html|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=26 September 2017}}</ref> An initial inquiry into the attack uncovered Jamal suffered from severe personal and family issues, including domestic violence. It was reported that he physically assaulted his wife, and as a result, she fled to Jordan several weeks ago, leaving him with the children.<ref name=Facebook>{{cite news|last1=Osmo|first1=Liad|title=Terrorist sends apologetic message to wife minutes before attack|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5021220,00.html|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=Ynetnews|date=26 September 2017}}</ref> Minutes before before carrying out the attack, Jamal sent his wife a message on [[Facebook Messenger]], apologizing for what he was about to do, mourned her departure and said he had been a terrible husband to her.<ref name=Facebook2>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/wife-of-har-adar-terrorist-left-him-weeks-before-shooting/|title=Wife of Har Adar terrorist left him weeks before shooting|publisher=Times of Israel|date=26 September 2017|author=Lieber, Dov}}</ref>


In another Facebook posting, also made just before the attack, Jamal said he "feared no one but God."<ref name=Facebook/><ref name=Facebook2/>
In another Facebook posting, also made just before the attack, Jamal said he "feared no one but Allah."<ref name=Facebook/><ref name=Facebook2/>


==Responses==
==Responses==

Revision as of 11:34, 27 September 2017

2017 Har Adar shooting
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
2017 Har Adar shooting is located in the West Bank
2017 Har Adar shooting
LocationHar Adar, West Bank
Coordinates31°49′43.835″N 35°08′11.198″E / 31.82884306°N 35.13644389°E / 31.82884306; 35.13644389
Date26 September 2017 (2017-09-26)
07:14 (UTC+03:00)
TargetIsraeli security forces
Attack type
Mass shooting
WeaponCZ 82 pistol
Deaths4 (including the perpetrator)
Injured1
PerpetratorNimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal

On the morning of 26 September 2017, a Palestinian gunman opened fire at Israeli security guards at the entrance gate of Har Adar, an Israeli settlement and affluent residential suburb of Jerusalem largely located within the Green line inside of the West Bank.[1] Three Israeli security guards were killed and a fourth was injured. The gunman was shot dead by the remaining guards. The Israeli authorities described the attack as an 'act of terrorism'.[2]

Background

In 2017 there have been 8 violent attacks in Israel and the Israeli occupied West Bank killing 13 and injuring 27 not including the perpetrators in the incidents..

Har Adar was initially built adjacent to the Green Line but has grown past it since the 1967 Six-Day War and is now largely located within the West Bank.[3][1] Two hundred Palestinian workers enter the town through the gate where the attack took place daily.[4][5] Around 100,000 Palestinians hold permits that allow them to work in Israel and within Israeli settlements, mostly as manual laborers.[6]

Attack

The attack took place as the gunman approached an entrance to Har Adar guarded by a border policeman and two civilian security guards. Border policeman Solomon Gavriyah (20,) was killed, as were civilian security guards Youssef Ottman, 25, of nearby Abu Ghosh and Or Arish, 25, a who lived in Har Adar. A fourth man, the head civilian security officer of Har Adar, was injured. The attacker was shot and killed.[7]

Perpetrator

Nimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal, a 37-year old man and a father of four, who was from the neighboring village of Beit Surik, was behind the attack. He held a license to work in Israeli settlements.[8][5] An initial inquiry into the attack uncovered Jamal suffered from severe personal and family issues, including domestic violence. It was reported that he physically assaulted his wife, and as a result, she fled to Jordan several weeks ago, leaving him with the children.[9] Minutes before before carrying out the attack, Jamal sent his wife a message on Facebook Messenger, apologizing for what he was about to do, mourned her departure and said he had been a terrible husband to her.[10]

In another Facebook posting, also made just before the attack, Jamal said he "feared no one but Allah."[9][10]

Responses

Hamas hailed the murders and called the shooting "a new chapter of the Jerusalem intifada".[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Kershner, Isabel (26 September 2017). "Palestinian Gunman Kills 3 Israelis at West Bank Crossing".
  2. ^ "Palestinian gunman kills three Israelis in West Bank". www.bbc.com. 26 September 2017.
  3. ^ Shaul Ephraim Cohen (June 1993). The Politics of Planting: Israeli-Palestinian Competition for Control of Land in the Jerusalem Periphery. University of Chicago Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-226-11276-3.
  4. ^ Lazaroff, Tovah (26 September 2017). "First-ever Har Adar terror attack leaves residents reeling". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b Kershner, Isabel (26 September 2017). "Palestinian Gunman Kills 3 at West Bank Checkpoint". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  6. ^ Eglash, Ruth (26 September 2017). "Palestinian shoots dead 3 Israelis at settlement near Jerusalem". Washington Post. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Border cop, 2 security guards named as victims of Har Adar shooting". Times of Israel. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  8. ^ Jones, Rory (26 September 2017). "Three Israelis Killed". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b Osmo, Liad (26 September 2017). "Terrorist sends apologetic message to wife minutes before attack". Ynetnews. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  10. ^ a b Lieber, Dov (26 September 2017). "Wife of Har Adar terrorist left him weeks before shooting". Times of Israel.
  11. ^ "Hamas speaks highly of deadly shooting attack that killed 3 Israelis". The Jerusalem Post. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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