2024 Tel Aviv truck attack

2024 Tel Aviv truck attack
The truck seconds before ramming into the bus stop
LocationGlilot, Ramat HaSharon, Israel
Date27 October 2024 (2024-10-27)
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack
Deaths2 (including the perpetrator)
Injured40
PerpetratorRami Nasrallah Natour

On 27 October 2024, at least one person was killed and 35 others were injured in a truck-ramming attack on a tour bus of pensioners near the Glilot military base and the Mossad headquarters in Ramat HaSharon, Israel. The driver was killed by an armed bystander.[1][2][3][4]

Attack

The incident occurred at around 10:00 local time at a bus stop in the Glilot Junction on Aharon Yariv Boulevard while a bus was disembarking passengers, most of whom were pensioners heading to a nearby museum. Bezalel Carmi, aged 72, from Rishon Lezion, died and 40 others were injured, including ten in critical condition.[5] Eight people were found pinned down under the vehicle.

Perpetrator

The perpetrator was identified as Rami Nasrallah Natour, an Arab Israeli from Qalansawe in Israel's Central District.[6][7] The company which owned the truck said that Natour had deviated from his set route towards the site of the attack.[8]

On May 22, 2026, the 17-year-old brother of Natour shot and killed an Israeli couple inside their car near Moshav Mishmar Ayalon. He was arrested.[9]

Aftermath

Carmi was the son of Holocaust survivor, Avraham Carmi, aged 96. At his funeral, his father eulogized him as a gentle man. [10]

Hamas described the incident as a "heroic ramming attack" committed "in response to the crimes committed by the Zionist occupation".[6] The attack was also praised by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.[11]

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for Natour's family to be deported from Israel.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Lieber, Dov (27 October 2024). "Truck Hits Crowd at Israel Bus Stop, Killing One and Injuring Dozens". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  2. ↑ Fabian, Emanuel; Staff, Toi. "One dead, 32 wounded in suspected terror truck-ramming at bus stop north of Tel Aviv". www.australianjewishnews.com. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
  3. ↑ "Dozens injured after truck ramming incident near Tel Aviv". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
  4. ↑ "Truck hits dozens at bus stop near Israel's Tel Aviv". chinadailyhk. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
  5. ↑ Turgeman, Meir; Turgeman, Meir; Ohana, Lior (2024-10-27). "Victim of suspected Glilot attack named as Betzalel Carmi". Ynetglobal. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
  6. 1 2 "One killed, dozens wounded after truck hits bus stop in Israel's Tel Aviv". Al Jazeera. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  7. 1 2 Williamson, Lucy (27 October 2024). "One dead, dozens injured after truck hits Israel bus stop". BBC. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  8. ↑ Fabian, Emanuel (27 October 2024). "One dead, 32 wounded in suspected terror truck-ramming at bus stop north of Tel Aviv". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 27 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "חשש לפיגוע: ערבי בן 17 נעצר בחשד לרצח בני הזוג אולגה ורוסלן" (in Hebrew). Channel 14. May 28, 2026. Retrieved June 6, 2026.
  10. ↑ תורג'מן, מאיר; אוחנה, ליאור (2024-10-27). "בצלאל כרמי נהרג מפגיעת המשאית בגלילות: "איש של צניעות וענווה"". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-08-27.
  11. ↑ De Ruiter, Emma (27 October 2024). "Truck rams into Tel Aviv bus stop, killing one and wounding dozens in suspected terror attack". Euronews. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
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