At least 12 injured, four critically, in stabbing spree on Tel Aviv bus

Four victims, including the driver, remained in serious condition following the Wednesday morning attack on the No. 40 bus. Initial reports said 12 to 21 people were injured. The assailant was shot in the leg by a commander in the Israel Prison Service who was at the scene of the attack and apprehended by police. Police identified the assailant as Hamza Muhammed Hasan Matrouk, 23, from the West Bank city of Tulkarem who had entered Israel illegally, according to media reports.The attack was the first in Tel Aviv since a soldier was killed in a stabbing attack at a train station in November.

Četiri žrtve, uključujući vozača,  je ostalo u teškom stanju nakon napada, (u srijedu) u autobusu broj 40. Prvi izvještaj je bio da je ozlijeđeno 12  od 21 putnika. Napadač je pogođen u nogu od komandanta  službe u Izraelskom zatvoru , koji je bio na mjestu napada. 

Policija je identificirala napadača kao Hamza Muhammed Hasan Matrouk-a sa Zapadne obale koji je bio u Izraelu ilegalno. Taj je napad bio prvi u Tel Avivu od kada je  vojnik ubijen u napadu  na željezničku stanicu  u studenom.

Izraelski premijer Benjamin Netanyahu je  među ostalim kazao:  Napad u Tel Avivu je direktni rezultat otrovnih optužbi  koje šire vlasti u Palestini protiv Židova i njihove države. Isti teror pokušava pogoditi nas u Parizu, Brusselsu i svuda drugdje. 

 Hamas said it was a “natural reaction of sons of the Palestinian nation to the crimes of the cruel Zionist occupier.”