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5 unusual facts about Afula axe attack


Afula axe attack

After the attack Gabai was rushed in critical condition to the HaEmek Medical Center in Afula.

On Wednesday, 30 November 1994, the Palestinian assailant entered the Israeli town of Afula.

The attacker was an unemployed Palestinian 25-year-old Wahib Abu Rub from Qabatiya, a member of the Islamist militant organization Hamas.

During the mid-2000s (decade), Israeli singer Shai Gabso recorded the song "You tell me" (תגידי לי את) written in memory of Liat Gabai, with the assistance of Lt. Col. Yair Ben-Shalom who was Gabbai's commander.

The Afula axe attack was a Palestinian militant attack which occurred on November 30, 1994 in northern town of Afula when a lone Palestinian assailant attacked a 19-year-old female Israeli soldier who was on her way home from the artillery base in which served in the downtown area of the town, near the town's police station.



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