2011 Tel Aviv truck attack

On the morning of 15 May 2011, a terrorist attack was carried out in Tel Aviv. A truck was deliberately rammed into cars and pedestrians at busy "Bar-Lev" street (Highway 461) in the south of the city, killing one man and injuring 17 others.^[1] The truck driver was identified as Aslam Ibrahim Isa, a 22-year-old Arab-Israeli man from the city of Kfar Kassem. Immediately after the attack he was arrested and taken to questioning by police.

2011 Tel Aviv truck attack
Highway 461, Israel. The attack took place on the section of the road inside Tel Aviv.
Native name	פיגוע הדריסה בדרום תל אביב
Location	Tel Aviv, Israel
Date	15 May 2011; 13 years ago (2011-05-15) (Nakba Day) 9:35 am
Attack type	Vehicle-ramming attack
Weapon	Truck
Deaths	1 civilian
Injured	17 civilians
Assailant	Aslam Ibrahim Isa
Participant	1

Around 9:35 am, beginning at "Mesubim" junction and for 2 kilometers (1.2 miles), Isa shouted "Allahu Akbar!" as he hit with his truck multiple cars, buses, traffic signs, security rails, and people.^[2] Police said a total of 15 vehicles were hit during the attack. Aviv Morag, a 29-year-old man from Givatayim, was killed.^[1] The ramming attack ended when the truck crashed into an empty bus near a school. Isa then left the truck and reportedly shouted and threw objects at people. He hit a young girl in the head with a traffic light.^[3] He was arrested by police, and later sentenced to prison.

This was one of a small cluster of terrorist vehicle-ramming attacks in Israel in this period, including the 2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, the 2008 Jerusalem BMW attack and the 2011 Tel Aviv nightclub attack.^[4]

See also

• 2011 Tel Aviv nightclub attack
• Vehicular assault as a terrorist tactic

References

1. Lappin, Yaakov (15 May 2011). "TA: 1 dead, 17 hurt in suspected truck terror attack". The Jerusalem Post.
2. Lappin, Yaakov (16 May 2011). "Shouting 'Allahu Akbar,' truck driver leaves deadly trail in south Tel Aviv. 1 dead, 17 injured in carnage. Police suspect terror attack". Jerusalem Post. ProQuest 867465834.
3. Zitun, Yoaz (15 May 2011). "Suspected terror attack in TA; 1 dead". Ynetnews. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
4. Lappin, Yaakov (29 August 2011). "Background: Ramming Terror Attacks in Recent Years". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 1 October 2017.