Newly released footage captures a stabbing attempt in Lod, showing the suspect running at a police officer with a knife during a search. The officer neutralized the attack within seconds. Police are treating the incident as criminal, not terror-related, as previously reported by The Zioneer.
Newly released footage captured at Wednesday 10:20 Jerusalem shows a suspect with a knife sprinting toward a police officer in Lod, visually confirming the confrontation. The video, which emerged hours after the incident, shows the officer receiving a radio report, beginning a search, and then being charged by the suspect, who was neutralized within seconds. Police now indicate the incident is being reassessed as criminal in nature, not a terror attack, as The Zioneer reported earlier today — a shift from earlier assessments that it was a nationalist attack.
The thread's early reports were chaotic: at 10:20 Jerusalem, The Zioneer first reported the suspect was identified as Sami Ahmad Jassus, a 28-year-old Israeli Arab resident with a prior record for weapons offenses. Within the same hour, police and Shin Bet confirmed it was a nationalist terror attack, only to later reassess it as criminal. The suspect's identity and background — including his mental health — remain under review, and the Shin Bet remains involved. The footage corroborates key details: the suspect tried to enter a closed mosque, then headed toward city hall before lunging at the officer.
As The Zioneer reported on Wednesday at 13:56 Jerusalem, the initial alert came from a civilian who spotted the suspect holding a knife near a school. The police are currently probing all lines of inquiry, with no resolution on the motive. The footage is consistent with earlier descriptions, but does not clarify the nature of the encounter beyond showing the suspect's actions.
The suspect's condition and identity remain unconfirmed by official sources, and police have not released further details. The classification of the incident — as criminal or terror-related — is still under review, pending further investigation.
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