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A man was R”L stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist at the busy Gush Junction Shopping Center on Sunday morning.
The victim was identified as Ari Fuld HY”D, a 45-year-old father of four from Efrat, who was also an American citizen.
Ari was a well known defender of Israel on TV, Facebook and in viral YouTube videos. His English-language internet videos addressed current affairs, mixed with lessons from the weekly Torah parsha. He spent many years teaching, spreading his message to students in Yeshivas and seminaries across Israel.
He was a strong beliver in every Jew’s right to defend himself, and in tragic fashion, he used his last strength to chase after and shoot his own murderer after being stabbed with what proved to be a fatal injury.
The terrorist was shot by the victim and another armed civilian at the scene and taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem with moderate injuries, officials said.
He was identified as Halil Yousef Ali Jabarin, 17-years-old, from the Palestinian village of Yatta near Hebron.
There were no reports of additional injuries.
Palestinian terrorist groups released a joint statement praising the stabbing attack as a “heroic operation.”
The Levaya is scheduled for 11PM Sunday night in the Gush Etzion Cemetery.
[WATCH IN FULL: Thousands Attend Levaya of Terror Victim Ari Fuld H”YD]
Local spokesman Josh Hasten, who said he had known Fuld for about a decade, said his friend traveled widely to showcase “the beauty and reality of life” in the country.
He delivered care packages to Israeli soldiers and would go on solidarity trips to communities near the Gaza Strip during times of fighting with the Hamas, Hasten said.
“When the rockets were falling, that’s when he would get in his car and go down to Sderot,” Hasten said.
Fuld also was known for an outspoken manner that included verbal clashes with Palestinians and critics of Israel that could land him in trouble. At times, his Facebook account was suspended.
“He did not hold back on his opinions,” Hasten said. “If that meant 30 days of Facebook jail, so be it.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded Fuld on Facebook for fighting his attacker “heroically” and remembered him as “an advocate for Israel who fought to spread the truth.”
On Twitter, David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Israel and a strong supporter of the settlements, called him “a passionate defender of Israel & an American patriot.”
America grieves as one of its citizens was brutally murdered by a Palestinian terrorist. Ari Fuld was a passionate defender of Israel & an American patriot. He represented the best of both countries & will be deeply missed. May his family be comforted & his memory be blessed.
— David M. Friedman (@USAmbIsrael) September 16, 2018
اصابة مستوطنين احدهما جراحه خطيرة في عملية طعن بـ مستوطنة غوش عتصيون قرب بيت لحم pic.twitter.com/RlucqGi8GS
— وكالة شهاب (@ShehabAgency) September 16, 2018
ARI’S FINAL TWEET, ON THURSDAY NIGHT:
At the #Kotel in #Jerusalem. Wow! #Selichot pic.twitter.com/e3qeuTMmeT
— Ari Fuld (@arifuld) September 13, 2018
After being stabbed he heroically ran down the terrorist and shot him before he could attack other innocent people. May his memory forever be a blessing. —> https://t.co/S7GpDFamqX
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) September 16, 2018
Today we lost a hero. @AriFuld was a hero in all senses of the word. Loving and living the Kedushas Eretz Yisroel. Hashem should bring comfort to @HilzFuld and the entire family – Please enjoy it and do a Mitzvah in his Zchus pic.twitter.com/wkw55nhlrs
— Simcha Leiner (@SimchaLeiner) September 16, 2018
Heartbreaking: @AriFuld‘s sons and father recite Kaddish, the mourner’s prayer, for the first time during his funeral. Ari, an American-Israeli 45-year-old father of four, was stabbed to death by a Palestinian assailant earlier today. pic.twitter.com/j9Znt1hj9K
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) September 16, 2018
My friend Ari Fuld (w/ me in photo) an American/Israeli patriot was murdered in cold blood today by young Palestinian terrorist who stabbed Ari IN THE BACK. Despite being stabbed, Ari chased and shot the coward, who lived. Ari died. I was with Ari in July in Efrat. #heartbroken pic.twitter.com/0ABH5wIK2r
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 16, 2018
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem/ Photo Credit: Media Resource Group)
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9 Responses
Dreadful. Does anyone know what to say when we say tehillim for someone whose name we don’t know?
It seems that these guys identified the attacker as a potential terrorist yet just yachened to themselves about it.
What’s the point of CCTV in a highly dangerous environment if (presumably) trained observers don’t act on it immediately?
Again Yatta. It has been a cesspool for murder for over a hundred years. This was a targeted assassination. Ari Fund was a well know and successful spokesman for Israel.
Sorry about the mistyping of Ari Fuld’s name.
Palestinian terrorist groups released a joint statement praising the stabbing attack as a “heroic operation.”
LETS BE HEORIC TOO, SEND IN 20 PEOPLE TO STAB THE TERROIST TO DEATH WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL
RichardM:
they are obviously watching the surveillance cameras afterwards!
It is not a wise idea to show a picture of the terrorist while he is trying to put a smile on his face. He appears to be only slightly injured. We do not need to see a picture of his stomach.
Arutz Sheva is not showing any picture of this animal.
RichardM
I saw this clip – including the stabbing itself and the vivtim HY”D running after the man and shooting him on a Hebrew site
It is from a surveillance camera that are all ovet the world but especially in EY
Why must so many of the commenters here write these things
Most Israelis move and help victime even when they sholdn’t
I have heard stories in th USA where people are afraid to get involved so don’t care what they see
This place is completely com[letely different!!!
Pls stop!!!!
This Man was zoche to die just as he lived: giving every fiber of his being, every drop of his blood to protect the people he loved.
May we be zoche to live up to his sacrafice for us, and keep his example in our motivations.