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
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.