{"id":521920,"date":"2026-07-02T16:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/521920\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:20:10","slug":"watch-axe-attack-attempt-sparks-calls-for-immediate-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/521920\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Axe attack attempt sparks calls for immediate arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u05ea\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05d3: \u05e2\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05e8\u05d3\u05e3 \u05e2\u05dd \u05d2\u05e8\u05d6\u05df \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e2\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e2\u05ea\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4\u05d1\u05d0\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e6\u05dc\u05dd<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">A Jewish resident of Jerusalem\u2019s Old City narrowly escaped injury after an Arab man allegedly chased him with an axe in what his attorney describes as an attempted assault.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">According to attorney Haim Bleicher of the Honenu legal aid organization, the incident occurred after the suspect had been involved in a confrontation with other Jews in the area. Bleicher said his client had no connection to that altercation and was simply leaving his home when the attack unfolded.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">In a letter sent to police, Bleicher wrote that his client stepped outside his residence on Khaldaya Street after hearing shouting and commotion nearby.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">&#8220;Within a few seconds, to his utter dismay, he saw a man run toward him in a frenzy, holding an axe in his hand and trying to catch him in order to physically harm him. Fortunately, my client managed to escape the scene and avoid physical injury,&#8221; the attorney wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Bleicher criticized what he described as the authorities&#8217; failure to detain the suspect, claiming the alleged attacker continues to walk freely in the neighborhood while the axe remains outside his home.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">&#8220;This is a serious incident involving an attempt to harm a person with an axe. It is perplexing how a person who committed such a dangerous act is allowed to roam freely and is given a second chance to harm the victim or other people. He must be arrested immediately and brought to trial with the full severity of the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Police have not yet publicly announced an arrest in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u05ea\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05d3: \u05e2\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05e8\u05d3\u05e3 \u05e2\u05dd \u05d2\u05e8\u05d6\u05df \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e2\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e2\u05ea\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4\u05d1\u05d0\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e6\u05dc\u05dd A Jewish resident of Jerusalem\u2019s Old City narrowly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[238812,238811,155618,85,46,3794,43,201799],"class_list":["post-521920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-ax-attack","tag-haim-bleicher","tag-honenu","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jerusalem","tag-news","tag-old-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}