Tel-Chai Nation

Another jihad tragedy unfolded this week, at the township of Ariel:

Three Israelis were killed and four others injured in a terror rampage in the West Bank city of Ariel on Tuesday.

According to the military, two civilians were killed at the “Ten” gas station in Ariel and another man was killed after he suffered multi-system injuries after being rammed in an intentional car crash near the West Bank city.

The victims were identified as 50-year-old Tamir Avihai, a father of six from the settlement of Kiryat Netafim; 36-year-old Michael Ledigin, a father of two who moved to Israel with his family five years ago and lived in Bat Yam; and 59-year-old Mordechai Ashkenazi, also from Bat Yam.

Souf then stole a car, drove onto Route 5 and crashed into another car, seriously wounding Avihai. The car he stole was destroyed in the crash; a civilian who witnessed it exited his BMW to help the wounded Israeli, allowing the terrorist to steal his car and flee the scene. Avihai, who had suffered from multi-system injuries, was pronounced dead at the scene.

With the stolen BMW, he continued toward the Shomron Crossing checkpoint on Route 5, making a U-turn when he got to the checkpoint, driving against traffic and heading back to the scene of the crash. Souf then got out of the vehicle and tried to escape by foot. At this point, he was shot and killed by civilians: a soldier on furlough and an on-duty IDF soldier.

[...] While it is believed that the terrorist acted alone, the officer said that security forces are checking to see if the individual who brought him to the Ariel Industrial Zone gate knew of his intentions or if he just drove him to work like any other day.

The three critically injured civilians were transported to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva where they remain in serious but stable condition.

Following the attack, IDF troops raided the terrorist’s village and home, arresting several members of his family. Defense Minister Benny Gantz also held a situational assessment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi and Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).

[...] Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan blamed the attack on Lapid’s outgoing government and the Palestinian Authority.

“This attack is a clear result of the lack of governance and the loss of deterrence of the outgoing government. The incoming government must act as a national government and flip the equation,” he said, adding that “the person who stands behind this wave of terror is the terrorist-in-a-suit, Abu-Mazen. The Israeli government must mark him as a security target. The Palestinian Authority is behind this wave of terror.”

The current interim government is hopefully on its way out, and again, let's also recall Naftali Bennett led to this sad situation after he betrayed right-wing voters for the sake of all this.

Interestingly, the current USA ambassador Tom Nides has paid a visit to the families of the victims:

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides made condolence calls to the families of the three civilians killed in a terrorist attack in Ariel this week.

Nides visited the families of 36-year-old Michael Ledigin, a father of two who moved to Israel five years ago from Ukraine, and 59-year-old Mordechai Ashkenazi, both of Bat Yam, who were stabbed to death on Tuesday by an 18-year-old Palestinian terrorist. The terrorist then stole a car and rammed Tamir Avihai, 50, a father of six from Kiryat Netafim, a settlement near Ariel.

Continuing Nides's policy of visiting terror victims' families

The shiva call to Avihai’s family is Nides’s first visit to a settlement, though the US Embassy clarified that it does not reflect a change in his or the American position opposing settlement growth.

He may have paid these visits to a number of victims' families for some time now, but this honestly doesn't excuse the policy he's upholding, which is part of the problem.

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