On 5 November 2014, in a terrorist ramming attack, a Hamas operative[1] deliberately drove a van at high speed into a crowd of people waiting at the Shimon HaTzadik light rail station in the Arzei HaBira neighborhood of Jerusalem.

[2] His brother, Musa al-Akri, was a member of the Hamas cell that murdered border policeman Nissim Toledano in 1992.

[7] The first man killed was identified as Border Police officer Jedan Assad, 38, from the Druze village of Beit Jann.

According to Magen David Adom, a total of 10 people were injured, with one in critical condition, two seriously, three moderately, and four with slight wounds.

[8] Jerusalem police placed concrete barriers at light rail stations to prevent future attacks.

Aqari's wife described her husband's motive for going on a killing spree, saying, "From the morning hours he kept close watch on what was happening at Al-Aqsa.