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US green card holder stabs 4 in Israel terror attack — then is shot dead

By
Ronny Reyes
Published Jan. 21, 2025
Updated Jan. 21, 2025, 4:00 p.m. ET

A Moroccan national with a US green card stabbed and wounded four people in a terror attack in Israel on Tuesday before he was shot dead, officials said.

Abdelaziz Kaddi, 29, went on a rampage attacking four men between the ages of 24 to 59 in Tel Aviv, the Times of Israel reports.

Members of Israeli security forces stand guard next to the dead body of a man at the site of a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv on January 21, 2025. Three people were wounded in a stabbing attack on January 21
At least 4 people were injured, and the assailant was killed in the attack. AFP via Getty Images

Kaddi, who held a US permanent resident card, had entered Israel on Jan. 18 with a tourist visa, Israeli officials said.

Israeli police say the attack happened in Tel Aviv’s Nahalat Binyamin neighborhood Tuesday evening, with witnesses reporting that Kaddi was killed by an armed civilian. 

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JANUARY 21: Tables are overturned on a sidewalk after a stabbing that left four people wounded on January 21, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The attacker was reportedly killed by a civilian bystander. The incident comes two days into a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas intended to halt the war in Gaza. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
The attacker was identified as Moroccan national Abdelaziz Kaddi, 29. Getty Images

Tel Aviv District Commander Asst.-Ch. Haim Sargaroff told reporters that Kaddi appeared to act alone and there was no evidence of another terrorist in the attack, The Jerusalem Post reports. 

Israel’s Magen David Adom ambulance service said two of the victims, aged 24 and 28, were listed in moderate condition, with a 24-year-old and a 59-year-old listed in good condition. 

Israeli emergency services working at the scene of a suspected attack with a covered body on the street in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Kaddi, who held a US permanent resident card, entered Israel on Jan. 18. REUTERS

Officials say they are investigating the attack and Kaddi’s movements after arriving in Israel. The case is being treated as a terror attack.    

Tuesday’s mass stabbing was only the latest such attack on Israeli soil that have been occurring regularly since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack. 

Last October, six people were wounded after a moped-riding Arab Israeli went on a stabbing spree in the city of Hadera. 

Israeli security forces guarding the site of a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, with a white police van and blue lights in the background.
Sargaroff told reporters that Kaddi appeared to act alone and there was no evidence of another terrorist in the attack. AFP via Getty Images

The suspect drove around the city and attacked the bystanders at four different locations before he was shot by armed civilians. 

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JANUARY 21: Debris litters a sidewalk after a stabbing that left four people wounded on January 21, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The attacker was reportedly killed by a civilian bystander. The incident comes two days into a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas intended to halt the war in Gaza. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
Kaddi drove around the city and attacked the bystanders at four different locations before he was shot by armed civilians.  Getty Images

Smaller scale attacks have also been regularly reported, including one on Saturday where a 19-year-old Palestinian man illegally entered Israel through the West Bank and stabbed a 30-year-old in Tel Aviv.  

This is a developing story, please check back for updates.