Footage of Kochav Yair attack shows suspect in flip-flops rushing guards with knife

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Security cam footage of the April 3, 2024, suspected terror attack near Kochav Yair. (Screen capture/Defense Ministry)
Security cam footage of the April 3, 2024, suspected terror attack near Kochav Yair. (Screen capture/Defense Ministry)

The Defense Ministry publishes footage of an overnight attack at a West Bank checkpoint near the town of Kochav Yair.

The footage shows Waheb Sabita, a 26-year-old resident of the neighboring Arab Israeli town of Tira, rushing at security guards at the Eliyahu Crossing with a knife, while wearing flip-flops.

Sabita had moments earlier rammed his car into four police officers. One of the cops was seriously hurt.

The assailant was shot dead by the checkpoint’s guards.

Sabita’s family issued a statement earlier today, condemning the incident, and also claiming that Waheb was mentally unwell, asserting that the incident should not be probed as a nationalistically motivated terror attack.

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