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August 7, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1028645390282

Israeli Arab Prevents Massacre

(Jerusalem Post/Yediot Ahronot) - On Monday, a homicide bomber exploded prematurely inside a car near the Umm el-Fahm junction. The driver of the car, Issam Dahdal, 30, of Upper Nazareth, was badly wounded in the explosion. Dahdal, a former IDF border policeman, may well have prevented the Palestinian terrorist from blowing himself up in a crowded spot in Afula. He said that as he was leaving the Umm el-Fahm gas station, he saw a man who wanted a lift. "He entered the back door of the car, grabbed me by the shirt, and shouted 'drive out of here.' I tried to talk to him, to understand what he wanted - then suddenly I heard a boom."

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