This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.On March 22, 2022, four people were killed and two more were injured during a stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack by an Islamic State supporter in Beersheba, Israel.
In early 2022, a string of clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians occurred, but mostly confined to the West Bank and Jerusalem,[1] and not the Southern District in which Beersheba is located.
[4][5] The attack began at around 16:10 pm[6] when Mohammed Abu al-Kiyan drove over to a gas station in Derech Hevron street where he stabbed and killed a female employee.
[7] He was then approached by bus driver Arthur Chaimov, who initially thought a car crash had occurred but on closer inspection realized Kiyan had a knife.
"[17] On March 23, the Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah congratulated Kiyan, whose actions were praised as "a true expression of the spirit of jihad and authentic resistance by the Palestinian people.
[20] The attack was condemned by many Israeli politicians, including Naftali Bennett, Ayelet Shaked, Yair Lapid, Isaac Herzog,[21] and the Ra'am party.
[23] In addition, the attack also received condemnations from Ukrainian ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk,[24] the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs,[25] and Russian president Vladimir Putin.
[32] On March 24, a price tag attack occurred in the Palestinian village of Zeita Jamma'in, with unknown vandals spraying the words "Jews will not be silent when we are murdered" on a mosque.