2017 Har Adar shooting

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2017 Har Adar shooting
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
HaShoter square in Be'er Ya'akov.jpg
HaShoter square in Be'er Ya'akov, named after Salomon Gavriya.
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The attack site
Native nameפיגוע הירי בהר אדר
LocationHar Adar, West Bank
Coordinates 31°49′44″N35°08′11″E / 31.82889°N 35.13639°E / 31.82889; 35.13639
Date26 September 2017 (2017-09-26)
7:14 am (UTC+3)
Target Israeli security forces
Attack type
Mass shooting
Weapon CZ 82 pistol
Deaths3 (+1 attacker)
Injured1
AssailantNimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal

On the morning of 26 September 2017, a Palestinian gunman opened fire at Israeli security guards at the entrance gate of Har Adar, an Israeli settlement and affluent residential border community of Jerusalem located largely on the other side of the green line within the West Bank. [1] Three Israeli security guards were killed and one was injured. The gunman was shot dead by the remaining guards. The Israeli authorities described the attack as an 'act of terrorism'. [2]

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Background

Har Adar was initially built adjacent to the Green Line but has grown past it since the 1967 Six-Day War and is now largely located within the West Bank. [3] [1] Two hundred Palestinian workers enter the town through the gate where the attack took place daily. [4] [1] Around 100,000 Palestinians hold permits that allow them to work in Israel and within Israeli settlements, mostly as manual laborers. [5]

Attack

The attack took place as the gunman approached an entrance to Har Adar guarded by a border policeman and two civilian security guards. Border policeman Solomon Gavriyah (20) of Be'er Ya'akov was killed, as were civilian security guards Youssef Ottman (25) of Abu Ghosh and Or Arish (25) of Har Adar. A fourth man, the head civilian security officer of Har Adar, was injured. The attacker was shot and killed. [6]

Sgt. Solomon Gavriyah was killed in the attack SSgt. Solomon Gavriyah.jpg
Sgt. Solomon Gavriyah was killed in the attack

Prior to the attack two Machsom Watch activists approached the checkpoint, upon which Gavriyah left the checkpoint and requested they step away. Police reported that one of the activists told Ethiopian-Israeli Gavriyah "You are a disgrace", which the activist later denied. [7] Upon Gavriyah returning to his post the attacker began shooting. [7]

Assailant

The attacker was Nimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal, a 37-year-old man and a father of four, who was from the neighboring village of Beit Surik. He held a license to work in Israeli settlements. [8] [1] An initial inquiry into the attack uncovered Jamal suffered from severe personal and family issues, including domestic violence. It was reported that he physically assaulted his wife, and as a result, she fled to Jordan several weeks ago, leaving him with the children. [9] Minutes before carrying out the attack, Jamal sent his wife a message on Facebook Messenger, apologizing for what he was about to do, mourned her departure and said he had been a terrible husband to her. [10]

In another Facebook posting, also made just before the attack, Jamal said he "feared no one but God." [9] [10]

On 15 November 2017, the IDF demolished Jamal's house in Beit Surik. [11]

Diplomatic reactions

Domestic
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International

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