Killing of Sergeant Almog Shiloni

Shiloni, aged 20, from Modi'in, was stabbed at the Haganah Railway Station in southern Tel Aviv, after a struggle with a Palestinian who attempted to grab his rifle.{{cite web|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/11/10/4228506/palestinian-attackers-kill-2-israels.html |title=Palestinian attackers kill 2 Israelis |accessdate=31 July 2015 |work=Fresno Bee |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129021759/http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/11/10/4228506/palestinian-attackers-kill-2-israels.html |archivedate=29 November 2014 }}{{cite web |author=Emergui |first=Sal |date=10 November 2014 |title=Dos israeles muertos en dos ataques palestinos en Tel Aviv y Cisjordania |url=http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2014/11/10/5460a363e2704ec43e8b4577.html |work=El Mundo |language=Spanish}}{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/11/c_133779611.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202174029/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/11/c_133779611.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2014|title=Israeli soldier dies of injuries after Palestinian stabbing attack|publisher=xinhuanet}} Passerby Gilad Goldman intervened, attacking the assailant and stopping him from grabbing the rifle.{{cite news|last1=Weiner|first1=Stuart|title=Killer of IDF soldier Almog Shiloni indicted|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/killer-of-idf-soldier-almog-shiloni-indicted|accessdate=25 November 2014|publisher=Times of Israel|date=24 November 2014}} Shiloni was on the phone with his girlfriend when he was attacked and stabbed in the stomach and chest several times.{{cite web|url=http://israelidag.se/tva-doda-terroristattacker-i-tel-aviv-och-alon-shvut|language=Swedish|accessdate=31 July 2015|title=Två döda i terroristattacker i Tel Aviv och Alon Shvut|work=Israels Ambassad|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918012325/http://israelidag.se/tva-doda-terroristattacker-i-tel-aviv-och-alon-shvut/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11221592/Israeli-woman-25-and-soldier-killed-in-twin-stabbing-attacks.html|title=Israeli woman, 25, and soldier killed in twin stabbing attacks|author=Robert Tate|date=10 November 2014|work=The Telegraph}} Shiloni sustained massive blood loss and succumbed to his wounds at the Tel HaShomer Medical Center in Ramat Gan.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/soldier_stabbed_in_tel_aviv_terror_attack_dies|title=Soldier stabbed in Tel Aviv terror attack dies - Israel|work=Jewish Journal|date=10 November 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.tribunejuive.info/israel/almog-shiloni-20-anspoignarde-a-tel-aviv-succombe-a-ses-blessures|language=French|title=Almog Shiloni, 20 ans, poignardé à Tel Aviv succombe à ses blessures|work=Tribune Juive|date=11 November 2014 }}{{cite web |author=Smolar |first=Piotr |date=10 November 2014 |title=La vague de violences en Israël prend de l'ampleur |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2014/11/11/la-vague-de-violences-en-israel-prend-de-l-ampleur_4521723_3218.html |work=Le Monde |language=French}} A bystander punched the attacker.{{cite web |author=Chabin |first=Michele |date=10 November 2014 |title=Two stabbing attacks in Israel, West Bank; 2 dead |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/10/israel-stabbings-palestinians-netanyahu/18801731 |accessdate=31 July 2015 |work=USA TODAY}} The attacker was chased and eventually taken into custody by Israeli police.{{Cite news |last=Hay |first=Shahar |date=2014-11-10 |title=Soldier hurt Tel Aviv stabbing attack succumbs to wounds |language=en |work=Ynetnews |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4590499,00.html |access-date=2023-04-20}}{{cite news |last1=Rudoren |first1=Jodi |date=10 November 2014 |title=Two Israelis Die in Separate Stabbings by Palestinians |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/world/middleeast/palestinian-stabs-israeli-soldier-at-tel-aviv-train-station.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |accessdate=10 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110183824/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/world/middleeast/palestinian-stabs-israeli-soldier-at-tel-aviv-train-station.html |archive-date=10 November 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Carter|first1=Chelsea|title=Shattered glass, lifeless bodies|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/18/world/meast/jerusalem-violence/|accessdate=24 November 2014|work=CNN}}

Nur al-Din Abu Khashiyeh was indicted on charges of entering Israel illegally on 9 November, the day before the attack, and of having intended to kill Shiloni, take his gun, and use the weapon to kill more Jews.{{cite news|title=Indictment Filed Against Terrorist Who Murdered Almog Shiloni|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/309870#.VHMqYofXOHk|date=24 November 2014|work=Arutz Sheva|accessdate=26 October 2015}} Some days after the attack, the suspect walked with police investigators along the route he took on the day of the attack, showing them where he purchased a knife in a flea market, and the route to the site of the murder. The attack was referenced in news reports as part of a series of attacks on Israelis, that, following years of relative calm, included the murder of Shelly Dadon in May, the June kidnapping and murder of 3 teenage boys, a vehicular attack in August, another vehicle attack in October and a third in November, the attempted assassination of an Israeli political activist, a combined ramming/stabbing attack that took place on the same day as Shiloni's murder, and a massacre in a synagogue November 18 in Jerusalem.{{cite news|last1=Sherwood|first1=Harriet|title=Jerusalem attacks pose new challenges for Israeli security forces|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/jerusalem-attacks-new-challenges-israeli-security-forces|accessdate=24 November 2014|work=The Guardian|date=18 November 2014}}

Shiloni was serving in the Netzah Yehuda Battalion; he was a graduate of the Battalion's first Platoon Commanders' Course, and served in the Battalion's Negev Defenders' section.{{cite news|last1=Ben Porat|first1=Ido|title=Almog Shiloni was a graduate of the first Platoon Commanders' Course of the Nahal Hareidi battalion|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/187309#.VGIxNIfXOHk|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=Arutz Sheva|date=11 November 2014}} He was a member of a Nahal Haredi נחל החרדי unit.{{cite news|last1=Speyer|first1=Lea|title=My Personal Connection with Yesterday's Fallen Hero, IDF Soldier Almog Shiloni (Video) |url=http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/24150/personal-connection-yesterdays-fallen-hero-idf-soldier-almog-shiloni-video/#csAFLhEks4bbjKIz.97|accessdate=24 November 2014|work=Breaking Israel News|date=11 November 2014}}{{cite web|title=Sgt. Almog Shilony killed in terror attack|url=http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Victims/Pages/Sgt-Almog-Shilony.aspx|publisher=Israel Defense Forces|accessdate=24 November 2014}}

Shiloni had a twin brother, Sahar.{{cite news|last1=Kubovich|first1=Yaniv|title=Israeli soldier dies after stabbed in Tel Aviv terror attack Police capture suspect, a Palestinian resident of Nablus|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.625625|accessdate=10 November 2014|work=Haaretz|date=10 November 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Winer|first1=Stuart|title=IDF soldier stabbed in Tel Aviv attack dies of wounds|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-soldier-stabbed-in-tel-aviv-attack-dies/#ixzz3IipyGA69|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=Times of Israel|date=10 November 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Winer|first1=Stuart|title='I have half a broken heart' says twin brother of slain soldier at funeral|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/i-have-half-a-broken-heart-says-twin-brother-of-slain-soldier-at-funeral|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=Times of Israel|date=11 November 2014}} Over 1,000 people attended Almog Shiloni's funeral at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery.{{cite web|url=http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/11/11/girlfriend-of-slain-idf-soldier-we-wanted-to-get-married-video/|title=Girlfriend of Slain IDF Soldier: 'We Wanted to Get Married' (Video)|work=Algemeiner}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cjnews.com/node/132495 |title=Twin of slain soldier Almog Shiloni at his brother's funeral: My heart is broken in half |work=The Canadian Jewish News |accessdate=31 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223422/http://www.cjnews.com/node/132495 |archivedate=23 September 2015 }}

The perpetrator, was 18-year-old Nur al-Din Abu Khashiyeh, a resident of Askar refugee camp in the West Bank and an illegal immigrant to Israel from the Palestinian territories. Described by a witness as a "big man,"{{cite web |title=Knife Attacks Kill Israeli Woman And Soldier |url=https://news.sky.com/story/knife-attacks-kill-israeli-woman-and-soldier-10383079 |work=Sky News}} Khashiyeh had been working "for months" on a Tel Aviv construction project near the scene{{cite news|last1=Frenkel|first1=Sheera|title=What Makes Someone Become A Lone-Wolf Killer?|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/what-makes-someone-become-a-lone-wolf-killer|accessdate=19 November 2014|work=BuzzFeed|date=18 November 2014}} of the killing.{{cite news|last1=Kubovich|first1=yaniv|title=Suspect in Israeli soldier's stabbing retraces his actions for police|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.627340|accessdate=19 November 2014|work=Haaretz|date=19 November 2014}}{{cite web |last=Rudoren |first=Jodi |date=10 November 2014 |title=Palestinians Are Suspected as 2 Israelis Die in Knife Attacks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/world/middleeast/palestinian-stabs-israeli-soldier-at-tel-aviv-train-station.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118020945/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/world/middleeast/palestinian-stabs-israeli-soldier-at-tel-aviv-train-station.html |archive-date=18 November 2014 |accessdate=18 August 2017 |website=New York Times |publisher= |via=}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29993066|title= Israeli woman and soldier killed in two knife attacks|work=BBC News|date= 10 November 2014}}{{cite web |last=Ayestaran |first=Mikel |date=11 November 2014 |title=El miedo se dispara entre los judíos |url=http://www.larioja.com/internacional/201411/11/miedo-dispara-entre-judios-20141111003641-v.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206052045/http://www.larioja.com/internacional/201411/11/miedo-dispara-entre-judios-20141111003641-v.html |archive-date=6 December 2014 |work=La Rioja |language=Spanish}} He was captured after bystanders directed police to a nearby apartment building where he was hiding; he was transferred to the Shin Bet security services for interrogation.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/world/article/Assailants-kill-1-wound-3-in-Israel-and-West-Bank-5884184.php|title=Assailants kill 1, wound 3 in Israel and West Bank|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=10 November 2014 |accessdate=31 July 2015}}

According to the text of the indictment, the attacker entered Israel intending to kill a soldier so that he could "become a martyr."{{cite news |author=Bob |first=Yonah Jeremy |date=24 November 2014 |title=State charges Palestinian with stabbing of IDF soldier at Tel Aviv train station |publisher=Jerusalem Post |url=http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/State-charges-Palestinian-with-stabbing-of-IDF-soldier-at-Tel-Aviv-train-station-382674 |accessdate=25 November 2014}}

He was sentenced to life in prison.

Husam Badran, a senior Hamas leader based in Doha, Qatar, lauded the attack saying "(It) is part of a welcome plan that reflects the tenacity of our people to resist the occupation and move against the crimes (committed) in al-Aqsa and in Jerusalem."{{Cite web |last=Winer |first=Stuart |date=10 November 2014 |title=Hamas lauds Tel Aviv terror attack |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-lauds-tel-aviv-terror-attack/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Times of Israel |language=en-US}} Islamic Jihad also lauded the attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/27555510.asp|title=Tel Aviv ve Bat eria'daki bakl saldrlar|language=Turkish|accessdate=31 July 2015|work=HRRYET - TRKYE'NN AILI SAYFASI|date=12 November 2014 }}

According to CNN, the attack came "amid simmering tensions... between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas".{{cite news|last1=Levs|first1=Josh|title=2 killed, 2 wounded in stabbing attacks on Israelis|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/10/world/meast/mideast-violence|accessdate=10 November 2014|work=CNN|date=10 November 2014}} According to The New York Times, the attack, which followed a series of Palestinian riots and attacks, "shook Israelis’ sense of security and heightened concern about a new Palestinian intifada".

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately convened the Security Cabinet, ordering some troops to switch from training maneuvers to active duty protecting roads from rioters and "terrorists".{{cite news|last1=Revid|first1=Barak|title=Netanyahu orders security heads to take extra steps in wake of deadly attacks|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.625758|accessdate=10 November 2014|work=Haaretz|date=10 November 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Ravid|first1=Barak|title=Israel's security cabinet to convene to discuss growing unrest|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.625852|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=Haaretz|date=11 November 2014}}{{Cite web |last=Lazaroff |first=Tovah |date=11 November 2014 |title=Netanyahu orders defense chiefs to push forward plans to demolish Palestinian terrorists' houses |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/netanyahu-orders-defense-chiefs-to-push-forward-plans-to-demolish-palestinian-terrorists-houses-381402 |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US}} In it, he accused Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of inciting Palestinian and Israeli Arabs by spreading lies.{{cite news |last1=Winer |first1=Stuart |date=11 November 2014 |title=Netanyahu accuses Abbas of fueling tensions, spreading lies |work=Times of Israel |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-accuses-abbas-of-fueling-tensions-spreading-lies/#ixzz3In7lWl00 |accessdate=11 November 2014}}

The stabbing prompted calls to crack down on illegal immigration from the Palestinian Authority to Israel.{{cite news|last1=Harel|first1=Amos|title=Israel must crack down on illegal Palestinian workers, before it's too late|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.625715|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=Haaretz|date=10 November 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Gordon|first1=Hilda|title=Be Silent Not For Slaughter|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/be-silent-not-for-slaughter/2014/11/20/|accessdate=21 November 2014|work=The Jewish Press|date=20 November 2014}} MK Moti Yogev called on the government to prevent illegal Arab migrants from receiving work permits, and to pass a bill monitoring employers and punishing them if they hire illegal immigrant workers.{{cite news|last1=Dovin|first1=Tova|title=MKs Fume, Demand 'Deterrence' After Tel Aviv Stabbing Attack|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/187274#.VGIh3YfXOHk|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=Arutz Sheva|date=11 November 2014}}

The United States condemned the stabbing.{{cite web|url=http://www.teinteresa.es/mundo/Abatido-palestino-mato-israeli-Cisjordania_0_1246076625.html|title=Abatido el palestino que mató a una israelí en Cisjordania|language=Spanish|work=Mundo|date=14 November 2010}}

• 2014 Jerusalem tractor attack
• October 2014 Jerusalem vehicular attack
• November 2014 Jerusalem vehicular attack
• Assassination attempt on Yehuda Glick

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