Scene of attack
Photo: Gil Yohanan
Alon Shvut terrorist says wanted to stab Jews but failed
Palestinian who rammed his car into Israelis waiting at bus stop outside Alon Shvut says he acted alone and on his own initiative.
Israel's security forces arrested Muhammad Yusuf Arfaih, 22 years old from Hebron, who rammed his car into Israeli pedestrians waiting at a bus stop outside Alon Shvut last month, it was cleared for publication on Tuesday.
Arfaih said during his interrogation that he committed the attack after his attempts to stab Jews have failed.
He will be indicted in the coming days at the military court in the Judea region.
Security footage documenting the attack
Arfaih ran over people waiting at a bus stop on Highway 60, just outside of the west Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, on May 14. Four people were hurt in the attack, one of them seriously.
Arfaih told the Shin Bet in his interrogation that he acted alone and out of his own initiative.
He said before committing the vehicular attack, he went out with a knife intending to stab Jews but failed, leading him to decide to take a different course.
A year before the attack, Arfaih was released from Israeli prison after serving time for stone-throwing and carrying cold weapons.
