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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Jerusalem Light Rail stabbings

Israeli security forces at the scene of a stabbing attack at the Giv'at Hamivtar light rail station in Jerusalem, September 21, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 21, 2023, 10:09 pm
Security guard lightly hurt in stabbing attack at Jerusalem light rail stop
Police say 19-year-old Palestinian assailant shot by another guard after attacking 26-year-old at Giv’at Hamivtar station
By Emanuel Fabian
The scene of a stabbing attack at Jerusalem's Shivte Israel light rail station on August 30, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
August 30, 2023, 9:52 pm
Israeli moderately hurt in Jerusalem attack; Palestinian teen stabber shot dead
14-year-old assailant stabs man in 20s in back at Shivtei Israel light rail station near Old City, before being apparently disarmed by civilians, shot by Border Police officer
By Emanuel Fabian
Police and medical forces at the scene of an attempted stabbing attack at Ammunition Hill light rail station in Jerusalem, July 9, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
July 9, 2023, 7:31 pm
Palestinian woman tries to stab guard at Jerusalem light rail station, is shot
Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai rushes to scene just across from national headquarters; no others injured
By Emanuel Fabian
Jamil Tamimi, the Palestinian man who murdered British student Hannah Bladon on April 14, 2017 in Jerusalem, is brought for a court hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, on December 31, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 26, 2022, 12:05 pm
Palestinian killer of UK student in 2017 Jerusalem attack is found dead in cell
Jamil Tamimi, 63, who stabbed exchange student Hannah Bladon to death on light rail, dies of unknown causes at Nitzan Prison; prison service to investigate
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with then-Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat in Jerusalem, on May 28, 2014. (Emil Salman/POOL/Flash90)
January 10, 2019, 1:23 pm
Arab Israeli jailed for 11 years for plot to assassinate Netanyahu, J’lem mayor
Muhammad Jamal Rashdeh, 31, also targeted US consulate, Canadian security officials; in separate case, court approves 18-year sentence for Palestinian in Jerusalem murder
By Michael Bachner and Agencies
Hannah Bladon, an English student who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian man in Jerusalem on April 14, 2017 (UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
December 31, 2018, 12:02 pm
Palestinian convicted of murdering British student in Jerusalem attack
Plea bargain will see Jamil Tamimi serve 18 years for April 2017 of killing Hannah Bladon, whose family is reportedly outraged by the agreement
By ToI Staff
Jamil Tamimi, 57, who stabbed and killed Hannah Bladon on the Jerusalem Light Rail is brought into the Jerusalem District Court on May 11, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 11, 2017, 11:43 am
Palestinian man charged with murder of British student Hannah Bladon
Court asked to keep Jamil Tamimi in custody for duration of trial for stabbing attack on Jerusalem train
By Alexander Fulbright
Jamil Tamimi, 57, who stabbed and killed Hannah Bladon in Jerusalem is brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court after his arrest, on April 15, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 18, 2017, 8:23 pm
Palestinian who stabbed British woman to death ruled fit for trial
Prior to terror attack in Jerusalem, Jamil Tamimi had been treated in mental health center, attempted suicide
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
A man holds a photo of Marwan Barghouti calling for his release during a rally supporting Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails in the West Bank city of Hebron on April 17, 2017. (AFP/Hazem Bader)
April 18, 2017, 1:54 pm
UN says watching Palestinian prisoner hunger strike closely
Body of 3rd drowned man pulled from Sea of Galilee; PM slams New York Times for failing to identify Marwan Barghouti as a murderer; Court said to find Hannah Bladon’s killer fit to stand trial
By Tamar Pileggi
Derby County soccer players bow their heads during a minute's silence April 17, 2017, held in memory of Hannah Bladon, who was murdered in Jerusalem on April 14, 2017. Bladon was a Derby County supporter (Sky screenshot)
April 17, 2017, 7:23 pm
UK soccer club holds minute of silence for student murdered in Jerusalem
‘Keen Derby County supporter’ Hannah Bladon, who was stabbed to death Friday on light rail, honored before Monday’s game
By ToI Staff
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
April 16, 2017, 4:00 pm
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
Terror won’t win
The light rail captures Jerusalem’s spirit, its pain, and courage too, when a young woman is murdered on the train
Hannah Bladon, an English student who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in Jerusalem on April 14, 2017. (UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
April 16, 2017, 3:49 pm
The maiden and the madman
Hebrew newspapers pay homage to a woman murdered on Jerusalem’s light rail, but are divided on whether to call the killer a terrorist
By Ilan Ben Zion
Hannah Bladon, an English student who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in Jerusalem on April 14, 2017 (UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
April 15, 2017, 8:52 pm
UK student was standing near killer because she gave up her seat for woman with baby
Bladon, 21, had been sitting further back on the light rail; Palestinian terrorist says he stabbed her to death because he wanted the soldier standing next to her to kill him
By ToI Staff
Hannah Bladon, an English student who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in Jerusalem on April 14, 2017 (UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
April 15, 2017, 2:37 pm
Family of British student killed in Jerusalem attack ‘devastated’
Parents of Hannah Bladon, 21, say her murder at the hands of a Palestinian terrorist Friday was ‘senseless and tragic’
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene where Hannah Bladon, 21, a British exchange student, was killed in a stabbing attack on Jerusalem's light rail near IDF square in Jerusalem, on April 14, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Inset: Hannah Bladon. (Courtesy)
April 14, 2017, 7:42 pm
British woman murdered in Jerusalem attack named as Hannah Bladon, 21
Bladon, stabbed to death by a Palestinian on the light rail, was an exchange student at Hebrew University
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
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