Police prosecutors indict a man accused of assaulting a bus driver in Jerusalem some two months ago, in one of dozens of violent attacks against transit workers in recent months.
The defendant is a 39-year-old man from Maale Adumim, a West Bank settlement just east of the capital. He is accused of throwing two bottles — one plastic, one glass — at a driver in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood shortly after boarding his bus.
Police say the defendant, gripping a plastic soda bottle, approached the driver and started to argue with him for unclear reasons.
After throwing the plastic bottle at the driver, he took a bottle made of glass and hurled it at the driver’s head, injuring him and shattering the bus window.
A man throws a plastic bottle at a bus driver in Jerusalem, in footage shared by police when announcing his indictment on December 24, 2025. (Israel Police)
The assailant fled the scene after attacking the driver, but police located him and detained him for questioning.
He is charged in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court with assaulting a public employee and causing intentional damage to property.
Transit workers, particularly Arab bus drivers in Jerusalem, have faced spiking violence from passengers in recent months, with many having been hospitalized as a result of the attacks.
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