Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Ari Fuld, 45, an American-born Israeli fatally stabbed by a Palestinian member of Hamas, at a cemetery in Kfar Etzion in the West Bank.
Fuld, who was 45 at the time, was outside a mall in the Jewish West Bank area of Gush Etzion in 2018 when 17-year-old Palestinian Khalil Jabarin fatally stabbed him. Fuld, a father of four, chased his assailant after the stabbing before succumbing to injury, Israeli Ynet News reported. A bystander shot Jabarin, stopping him before he was apprehended.
Jabarin was convicted in 2020 of intentionally causing Fuld's death and attempting to kill three others, and also ordered to pay the equivalent of $365,128 to his family, according to The Times of Israel.
Hamas praised the stabbing after it happened.
"The attack makes it clear that our people wish to continue the Jerusalem intifada. To resist the occupation, by using all means necessary, is our legitimate right," the terrorist organization said, according to Ynet.
Fuld was a known activist who supported Israel and was known to deliver care packages to the Israeli military. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to him as "an advocate for Israel who fought to spread the truth," and then-U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said Fuld was "a passionate defender of Israel & an American patriot."
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Lawyer Richard Heideman, whose firm represented Fuld's family and estate, said the case could be a precursor for victims of Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)
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"Our firm has been engaged to represent a number of families and we’ve drafted complaints that will be strategically filed in the near future," he added. "It’s not a military act, but it’s an act of defiance that is essential."
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