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Friday, December 26, 2025
Reports name terror attack perpetrator as Ahmad Abu al-Rub, from Qabatiya
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe perpetrator of today’s fatal ramming-stabbing attack is named Ahmad Abu al-Rub, a 37-year-old from the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya, Hebrew outlets report.
He had been working illegally in Israel for an unknown period, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
Abu al-Rub killed two people and injured two others while traveling westward in his employer’s car in northern Israel, towards the direction of Afula.
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