October 2014 Jerusalem vehicular attack
{{Short description|Incident in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict}}
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{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title=October 2014 Jerusalem vehicular attack
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|location=East Jerusalem
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|lat_deg=31|lat_min=47|lat_sec=56.83|lat_dir=N
|lon_deg=35|lon_min=13|lon_sec=57.28|lon_dir=E
|caption=The attack site
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|date= 22 October 2014
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|type=Vehicle attack
|fatalities= 3 (2 civilians and 1 attacker)
|injuries=7 civilians
|perps=Adbel-Rahman Shaloudi, from Silwan
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On 22 October 2014, a Palestinian rammed his car into a crowd of people waiting at the Ammunition Hill light rail station in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem.{{cite news |date=22 October 2014 |title=Palestinian Driver Rams Crowd in Jerusalem |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/israel-says-palestinian-terrorist-driver-kills-infant-1414012891 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |first = Joshua|last = Mitnick|access-date = 19 November 2014}}{{cite news |last=Kershner |first=Isabel |date=22 October 2014 |title=Driver Plows Into Group at Jerusalem Train Station, Killing Baby, Police Say |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/world/middleeast/2-israeli-soldiers-wounded-near-egypt.html?_r=0 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=19 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716191357/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/world/middleeast/2-israeli-soldiers-wounded-near-egypt.html?_r=0 |archive-date=16 July 2015}} The attack killed a three-month-old girl and a 22-year-old Ecuadorian potential convert to Judaism, and injured seven others.{{cite news |date=23 October 2014 |title=Baby killed in Jerusalem terror attack laid to rest |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/funeral-begins-for-baby-killed-in-suspected-terror-attack/ |newspaper=The Times of Israel |first = Lazar|last = Berman|access-date = 19 November 2014}}{{cite news |date=26 October 2014 |title=Second victim of Jerusalem attack succumbs to wounds |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/second-victim-of-jerusalem-terror-attack-succumbs-to-wounds/ |newspaper=The Times of Israel |access-date = 19 November 2014}}{{cite news |last=Rudoren |first=Jodi |date=26 October 2014 |title=Jerusalem Adding Police Amid Fears of Violence |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/world/middleeast/jerusalem-adding-police-amid-fears-of-violence.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=19 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027093641/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/world/middleeast/jerusalem-adding-police-amid-fears-of-violence.html |archive-date=27 October 2014}} Police shot the driver of the vehicle as he fled the scene and he later died of his wounds.{{cite news |last=Kershner |first=Isabel |date=24 October 2014 |title=Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Teenager in the West Bank, the 2nd in 8 Days |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/world/middleeast/israeli-troops-kill-palestinian-teenager-in-the-west-bank-the-2nd-in-8-days.html?_r=0 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=19 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027093641/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/world/middleeast/jerusalem-adding-police-amid-fears-of-violence.html |archive-date=27 October 2014}}
Attack
A 21-year-old, Adbel-Rahman Shaloudi, from Silwan, is believed to have deliberately driven his father's car at high speed into the crowd waiting at a Jerusalem light rail station. Israel identified him as a Hamas member,{{cite news |date=22 October 2014 |title=Baby killed as car rams crowd in Jerusalem terror attack |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/three-reported-injured-in-possible-jerusalem-terror-attack/ |newspaper=The Times of Israel |first = Ilan|last = Ben Zion|access-date = 19 November 2014}} and police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld stated that, "this was a terrorist attack. The driver ... is a resident of Silwan and has a terrorist background. He has served time in jail for terror activity."{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=Ori|title=Palestinian driver rams Jerusalem station killing baby|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-violence-jerusalem-idUSKCN0IB2C320141022|access-date=27 October 2014|work=Reuters|date=22 October 2014}} The driver was shot dead as he attempted to flee the scene.{{cite news|last1=McLaughlin|first1=Erin|title=Man plows car into crowd at Jerusalem rail stop, killing baby|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/world/meast/jerusalem-hit-and-run/|access-date=19 November 2014|publisher=CNN|date=23 October 2014|last2 = Narayan|first2 = Chandrika}}{{cite news|last1=Hasson|first1=Nir|title=Baby killed, 7 hurt in Jerusalem terror attack; terrorist dies of gunshot wounds|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.622192|access-date=19 November 2014|publisher=Haaretz|date=23 October 2014|last2 = Ravid|first2 = Barak}}
The attack is one in a series of violent Palestinian attacks on civilians in the summer and fall of 2014 being described by some as a new intifada.{{cite news|last1=Prusher|first1=Ilene|title=Infant's Killing in Jerusalem Reignites Talk of a New Intifada|url=https://time.com/3536772/jerusalem-west-bank-israeli-palestinian-attacks/|access-date=27 October 2014|publisher=Time|date=26 October 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Caspit|first1=Ben|title=Jerusalem's 'Silent Intifada'|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/10/24/jerusalems-silent-intifada|access-date=27 October 2014|agency=AI Monitor|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|date=24 October 2014}}
Family members of Adbel-Rahman Shaloudi believe that he had lost control of the car and the killing was not intentional.{{Cite news|url = http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.622450|title = Family of Jerusalem light rail attacker insists he lost control of car|last1 = Khoury|first1 = Jack|date = 23 October 2014|access-date = 19 November 2014|last2 = Hasson|first2 = Nir|newspaper = Haaretz}}{{Cite news|url = http://www.imemc.org/article/69508|title = Report: Last Wednesday's 'light rail attack' by Palestinian driver was a car accident|last = Hagbard|first = Celine|date = 27 October 2014|work = International Middle East Media Center|access-date = 19 November 2014}} Ynet speculates, after conversations with his family, that his act was precipitated after hearing a false rumour on an Arabic-language radio station that Israeli police had entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque with their shoes not to arrest stone-throwers but in order to desecrate the shrine.{{Cite news |last=Barnea |first=Nahum |date=2014-11-24 |title=Lies, paranoia and superstitions |language=en |work=Ynetnews |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4595490,00.html |access-date=2023-04-20}} On 14 November the order was given to demolish Shaloudi's home,{{Cite news|url = http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Home-demolition-notice-given-to-family-of-terrorist-who-killed-2-in-Jerusalem-attack-381839|title = Home demolition notice given to family of terrorist who killed 2 in Jerusalem attack|date = 14 November 2014|access-date = 19 November 2014|newspaper = The Jerusalem Post}} and it was destroyed on 19 November,{{Cite news|url = http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/IDF-demolishes-east-Jerusalem-home-of-terrorist-who-ran-over-and-killed-baby-woman-382228|title = IDF demolishes east Jerusalem home of terrorist who ran over and killed baby, woman|date = 19 November 2014|access-date = 19 November 2014|newspaper = The Jerusalem Post}} although pictures show that only his room, and not the whole house, was destroyed.{{Cite news|url = http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/187645|title = IDF Didn't Demolish Terrorist's Home - Just His Room|date = 19 November 2014|work = Arutz Sheva|access-date = 19 November 2014}}
Victims
Chaya Zissel Braun was a 3-month-old, who held both American and Israeli citizenship.{{cite news|last1=Siemaszko|first1=Corky|title='It's all now in God's hands': 3-month-old baby girl laid to rest after terror attack in Jerusalem|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/3-month-old-girl-laid-rest-jerusalem-terror-attack-article-1.1984718|access-date=27 October 2014|date=23 October 2014|newspaper = New York Daily News}} As her mother was exiting the train, the stroller was hit directly by the car, killing her instantly.{{cite news|last1=Beaumont|first1=Peter|title=Baby killed and eight wounded in suspected terror attack in Jerusalem|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/22/jerusalem-attack-car-driven-light-railway-platform|access-date=27 October 2014|work=The Guardian|date=22 October 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Tova Dvorin|title=Baby Murdered in Jerusalem Terror Attack|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186461#.VElQ-PmSxAs|access-date=23 October 2014|publisher=Arutz Sheva (INN)|date=22 October 2014}}
Karen Yemima Mosquera was a 22-year-old, a recent immigrant from Ecuador, who had come to Israel to explore Judaism, for a future conversion.{{cite news |last1= |date=27 October 2014 |title=Jerusalem: Palestinian car attack claims second victim |publisher=BBC |agency=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29778826 |access-date=27 October 2014}} She was critically injured during the attack and later died on 26 October.{{Cite web |last=Hartman |first=Ben |last2=Eisenbud |first2=Daniel K. |date=26 October 2014 |title=Woman injured in Jerusalem terror attack dies of wounds, bringing death toll to 2 |url=https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/woman-injured-in-jerusalem-terror-attack-dies-of-wounds-bringing-death-toll-to-2-379879 |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US}}{{cite news |title=Muere ecuatoriana Karen Mosquera, víctima de atentado en Israel|url=http://www.ecuavisa.com/articulo/noticias/actualidad/86146-muere-ecuatoriana-karen-mosquera-victima-atentado-israel|access-date=27 October 2014|publisher=Ecuavisa|date=26 October 2014}}{{cite news |title=Ha muerto Karen Mosquera, víctima de atentado de un palestino en Israel|url=http://www.larepublica.ec/blog/sociedad/2014/10/26/muerto-karen-mosquera-victima-de-atentado-palestino-israel/|agency=EFE|publisher=La Republica}}{{cite news|title=Segunda víctima mortal del atentado en Jerusalén|url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/mundo/segunda-victima-mortal-atentado-jerusalen.html|access-date=27 October 2014|publisher=El Pais|date=26 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027151442/http://www.elpais.com.uy/mundo/segunda-victima-mortal-atentado-jerusalen.html|archive-date=27 October 2014}} Her mother and sister traveled to Jerusalem to be with her in the hospital, her father joined them for the funeral.{{cite news|last1=Agencias-Redacción|title=Padre de Karen Mosquera viajó a Jerusalén|url=http://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2014/10/26/nota/4153966/fallece-ecuatoriana-karen-mosquera-luego-cuatro-dias-atentado|access-date=27 October 2014|agency=Agencias-Redacción|publisher=El Universo|date=26 October 2014}}{{Cite web |last=Salkin |first=Jeffrey K. |date=2014-10-28 |title=Welcome Home, Karen Yemima |url=https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/134458/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Jewish Journal |language=en-US}}
See also
References
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{{Terrorist attacks against Israelis in the 2010s}}
{{Palestinian militancy attacks in the 2010s}}
{{Vehicle-ramming attacks}}
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