Guide Note
On July 2, 2008, a 31-year-old Palestinian construction worker, Hosam Dwayyat, drove a bulldozer into a crowd of pedestrians in Jerusalem.1 Dwayyat was shot and killed by a member of the Israeli Defense Forces after ramming into several cars and overturning a city bus. Dwayyat killed three people and left over 40 people injured in the attack.
Fast Facts
- Full name: Hussam Tarysir Dwayat2
- Age: 31 years old at time of death1
- Occupation: Construction worker
- Father of two children1
- Resided in the east Jerusalem village of Zur Bahar
- July 2, 2008: Plowed into a crowd of people on a busy street in Jerusalem
- Dwayyat killed three people, injured over 403
- Shot by off-duty soldier Moshe Plesser3
- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proposed demolishing the homes of terrorists following the incident4
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