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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Omri Levy

Police and rescue workers at the scene of shooting and stabbing attack at the Central Bus Station in the southern city of Beersheba, on October 18, 2015. (Meir Even Haim/Flash90)
October 21, 2015, 3:05 pm
Eritrean mistaken for terrorist was killed by gunfire, not beating
Haftom Zarhum died after being shot by security forces, then kicked in head repeatedly, during Beersheba bus station attack
By ToI Staff
Security camera footage showing an Eritrean man being shot in the Beersheba central bus station on October 18, 2015, after he was thought to be a terrorist. (screen capture: Channel 2)
October 20, 2015, 11:39 pm
Eritrean killed in Beersheba ineligible for terror victim status
Haftom Zarhum, shot by guard and brutally beaten by mob after being mistaken for terrorist, had entered Israel illegally
By ToI Staff
Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror attack at the Beersheba central bus station in the southern city, October 18, 2015. (Meir Even Haim/Flash90)
October 20, 2015, 5:11 pm
No arrests in Beersheba lynching until after autopsy, police say
Police begin probe into mob attack on innocent Eritrean man, who was shot then brutally beaten in wake of terror attack, and later died of his injuries
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Haftom Zarhum, 29, died of his wounds on October 19, 2015, a few hours after he was shot and beaten by a mob that mistook him for an assailant in the terror attack in Beersheba on October 18, 2015. (Courtesy)
October 20, 2015, 3:57 pm
The Beersheba dead
An IDF soldier, an Israeli Arab and an Eritrean man are the focus of the Hebrew press’s coverage
By Ilan Ben Zion
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on September 6, 2015. (Ohad Zwigenberg)
October 20, 2015, 1:51 am
Ya’alon calls to bring attackers of Eritrean national to justice
‘No one should be behave this way, even in anger,’ says defense minister in response to ‘lynching’ of Haftom Zarhum, 29, after Beersheba terror attack
By ToI Staff
The beret of IDF Sgt. Omri Levi, who was killed in a Beersheba terror attack on October 18, 2015, rests on his grave at his funeral on October 19, 2015. (Flash90)
October 19, 2015, 11:35 pm
IDF soldier killed in Beersheba attack laid to rest
Hundreds attend funeral for Sgt. Omri Levy; fellow soldiers mourn comrade in arms ‘we all saw as a brother’
By Tamar Pileggi
Police and rescue workers at the scene of a shooting and stabbing attack at the central bus station in the southern city of Beersheba, on October 18, 2015. (Meir Even Haim/Flash90)
October 19, 2015, 10:57 pm
Some Beersheba attack casualties may have been hit by friendly fire
Police investigation sheds light on chaotic gun battle as security forces sought to end Muhanad Alukabi’s shooting spree
By ToI Staff
Police and rescue workers at the scene of shooting and stabbing attack at the Central Bus Station in the southern city of Beersheba, on October 18, 2015. (Meir Even Haim/Flash90)
October 19, 2015, 9:53 pm
Beersheba terrorist ‘believed in the Islamic State’
Friend who worked with Muhanad Alukabi, 21, recalls him saying jihadist group ‘will come here and conquer’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on Monday, October 19, 2015 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 19, 2015, 6:00 pm
Netanyahu calls on Israelis not to pursue vigilante justice
‘We’re a nation of laws,’ PM says in response to ‘lynching’ of Eritrean man after terror attack; decries Palestinian incitement
By ToI Staff
Police and rescue workers attend the scene of shooting and stabbing attack at the central bus station in Beersheba, on October 18, 2015. (Meir Even Haim/Flash90)
October 19, 2015, 3:19 pm
Bedouin leaders condemn ‘despicable’ Beersheba attack
Heads of minority community in Negev urge calm after Bedouin man carries out fatal attack in bus station, express hope that terrorist shooting won’t harm Arab-Jewish relations
By Adiv Sterman
Security camera footage showing an Eritrean man being shot in the Beersheba central bus station on October 18, 2015, after he was thought to be a terrorist. (screen capture: Channel 2)
October 19, 2015, 12:21 pm
Police to probe ‘lynching’ of Eritrean man in Beersheba
Opposition MK calls for civilians who beat unarmed victim to be brought to justice; Jewish Home MK says ‘friendly fire’ happens ‘in war’
By Ilan Ben Zion
Security forces at the scene of shooting and stabbing attack at the Central Bus Station in the southern city of Beersheba, on October 18, 2015. (Meir Even Haim/Flash90)
October 19, 2015, 10:11 am
Police: Beersheba terrorist was Israeli Bedouin
21-year-old Muhanad Alukabi from Hura fatally stabbed a soldier, opened fire in crowded bus station; had no record before attack
By Adiv Sterman, Tamar Pileggi and Judah Ari Gross
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