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Woman pushes knife attacker out of her house

December 21, 2015 10:49

By

Nathan Jeffay,

Nathan Jeffay

1 min read

Three Israelis are recovering after a terrorist went on a stabbing rampage in Ra'anana, just north of Tel Aviv, last Shabbat.

The attack has shaken Ra'anana, an affluent city that is very popular with Western immigrants to Israel, including Britons. But it was nearly much worse.

The terrorist, a Palestinian who was in Israel illegally, stabbed three people in the streets and tried to enter a synagogue. He then ran through a park, into the garden of Dikla Dvir, and made his way towards her home.

He entered through French windows, wielding a knife, and appeared poised to stab Ms Dvir. She screamed and pushed him out, back through the open glass doors, drawing on what a friend later called "inexplicable strength".

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