The Palestinians made a valiant effort to describe the moderate wounding of an knife-wielding Arab women terrorist in Afula as a 'cold-blooded shooting' and 'murder'. Palestinian leaders and Internet responses raged about how 'tough' Israeli soldiers had shot a defenseless woman, who could have been disarmed by other means. The Palestinian 'narrative' of this event was not very convincing, since it contradicted the basic evidence. Not only that, the Palestinian 'narrative' disregarded the long history of women suicide bombers, of which Israeli security personnel were obviously aware when they decided to disarm the woman knife-wielder by wounding her.
At this point in time, an argument could be made that this woman was in fact a 'lone wolf terrorist' and, as such, does not indicate any particular trend in the current wave of Palestinian Terrorism. The actual details of how this woman came to be a terrorist will be revealed after she is interrogated, because she has lived to tell the tale.
Nonetheless, the Palestinian Terrorism trend now seems to be to recruit women to do the dirty business of terrorist work.
Thus, this morning, October 11, Ynet reports that a woman driving a vehicle detonated an explosive device when she was stopped near a checkpoint leading into Jerusalem. The terrorist, a 31-year-old resident of the A-Tur neighborhood in East Jerusalem, married to a Palestinian but with no children, was severely wounded. Police said she also had gas canisters in her car (which did not explode) and was on her way to Jerusalem to carry out a bombing. The Judea and Samaria District Police said that a traffic officer noticed the vehicle driving in the bus lane on route 437, which connects Ma'ale Adumim and a-Zaim checkpoint. He signaled her to stop by the side of the road. This is what the officer said happened next:
The wounded officer was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center with reported burns to his face. The woman is in critical condition in Hadassah Hospital.
In contrast, the Palestinian Ma'an News agency provides the account of a nameless witness, who gives a rather detailed technical explanation: i.e., that it was not a terrorist attack, but rather the woman driver panicked after an electrical failure caused a fire, which exploded the car's airbag. No explanation is given for the gas canisters. Also, the anonymous witness also claims that the lady had a child in the car, but no mention of a child is made by police sources and the lady is even reported to have no children.
In the afternoon, the Israeli police stated that handwritten documents supporting Jihad were found on the terrorist after a search and that the terrorist said she had ignited a gas canister. It should be noted that car bombs usually use detonators to explode additional explosive material such as gas canisters. This is may have been what happened in this case.
Unlike the 'lone wolf' knife terrorist, car bombs driven by women require an infrastructure, additional personnel and technical knowledge (and usually funding). The lady did not wake up one morning and decide to do this. This incident has all the telltale signs of a female suicide car bomber. A troubling and more dangerous development in the current wave of Palestinian Terrorism may be brewing.
At this point in time, an argument could be made that this woman was in fact a 'lone wolf terrorist' and, as such, does not indicate any particular trend in the current wave of Palestinian Terrorism. The actual details of how this woman came to be a terrorist will be revealed after she is interrogated, because she has lived to tell the tale.
Nonetheless, the Palestinian Terrorism trend now seems to be to recruit women to do the dirty business of terrorist work.
Thus, this morning, October 11, Ynet reports that a woman driving a vehicle detonated an explosive device when she was stopped near a checkpoint leading into Jerusalem. The terrorist, a 31-year-old resident of the A-Tur neighborhood in East Jerusalem, married to a Palestinian but with no children, was severely wounded. Police said she also had gas canisters in her car (which did not explode) and was on her way to Jerusalem to carry out a bombing. The Judea and Samaria District Police said that a traffic officer noticed the vehicle driving in the bus lane on route 437, which connects Ma'ale Adumim and a-Zaim checkpoint. He signaled her to stop by the side of the road. This is what the officer said happened next:
I stepped over to her car, thankfully wearing a kevlar vest, and told her: 'Lady, you committed a traffic felony, She didn't seem to know what was going on, so I started speaking to her in Arabic, at which point she started shouting 'Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar! and I noticed smoke coming out of the car, I thought her car was on fire, so I ran to get an extinguisher, and then I heard a blast.
The wounded officer was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center with reported burns to his face. The woman is in critical condition in Hadassah Hospital.
In contrast, the Palestinian Ma'an News agency provides the account of a nameless witness, who gives a rather detailed technical explanation: i.e., that it was not a terrorist attack, but rather the woman driver panicked after an electrical failure caused a fire, which exploded the car's airbag. No explanation is given for the gas canisters. Also, the anonymous witness also claims that the lady had a child in the car, but no mention of a child is made by police sources and the lady is even reported to have no children.
In the afternoon, the Israeli police stated that handwritten documents supporting Jihad were found on the terrorist after a search and that the terrorist said she had ignited a gas canister. It should be noted that car bombs usually use detonators to explode additional explosive material such as gas canisters. This is may have been what happened in this case.
Unlike the 'lone wolf' knife terrorist, car bombs driven by women require an infrastructure, additional personnel and technical knowledge (and usually funding). The lady did not wake up one morning and decide to do this. This incident has all the telltale signs of a female suicide car bomber. A troubling and more dangerous development in the current wave of Palestinian Terrorism may be brewing.
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