Earlier in the day another man was arrested after disguising himself as a Jew to carry out a suspected attack.
The Arab man was removed from a bus after complaints were made about his suspicious behaviour. According to reports the man expressed his intention to become a martyr. Police detained and searched him and found a knife and kippah among his belongings. However the incident was deemed to be criminal rather than terrorist and the man was released.
This comes after a week of sustained terror attacks in Israel, starting with a shooting and stabbing attack at Beersheva's central bus station in southern Israel last Sunday. Today police revealed that the man responsible for this attack had been in contact with Hamas and had prepared the attack in advance.
The terrorist has been named as Muhanad Alukabi, 21, and is said to have had photos of Hamas operatives, guns and other weapons saved on his phone, according to a police statement. During the attack Alukabi killed a soldier and wounded 11 other people before being killed himself in a police shootout.
