Shooting in Beersheba Leaves One Dead, Nine Injured

A terrorist attack at Beersheba's central bus station resulted in the death of a Border Police officer, Sgt. Shira Suslik, and left ten others injured. The assailant, identified as Ahmad al-Uqbi, was an Israeli citizen from a nearby Bedouin village, who was killed by IDF soldiers at the scene. The attack, which involved both stabbing and gunfire, occurred just before the anniversary of the October 7 terror attack and comes shortly after another shooting incident in Jaffa. Among the injured, one woman is in serious condition, while several others sustained wounds from gunfire or glass shards. Authorities are investigating possible connections between al-Uqbi and previous attacks, and the situation remains under scrutiny as security forces search for potential accomplices. This incident marks a troubling escalation in violence, being the second mass shooting in Israel in a week.