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2016 Tel Aviv stabbings
2016 Tel Aviv stabbings
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015–2016)
Native name	פיגוע הדקירה בנמל יפו
Location	Jaffa Port and Tel Aviv Promenade, Israel
Coordinates	32°4′37″N 34°45′57″E / 32.07694°N 34.76583°E
Date	8 March 2016
Attack type	Stabbing
Weapons	Knife
Deaths	1 civilian (+1 attacker)
Injured	11 civilians
Victims	Tourists and civilians
Assailant	Bashar Massalha

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On 8 March 2016, a 21-year-old^[a] Palestinian man from Qalqilya killed an American tourist and wounded ten civilians in a stabbing spree in Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, Israel.^[1]^[2]^[3] The attacker was shot dead by the police after a chase along the beach promenade.^[3]

Attack

The attack happened while US Vice President Joe Biden was meeting with former Israeli President Shimon Peres in Tel Aviv.^[4]^[5] According to police, the assailant first attacked persons in the harbor and later went to a restaurant where four more persons were wounded. According to ambulance personnel, five of the victims suffered serious wounds.^[4] The attack lasted approximately 20 minutes^[3]^[6] and ended when the assailant was shot and killed by responding police.^[7]^[8]

Victims

Taylor Force, age 28, graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute and from West Point in 2009 and later became an officer in the United States Army until leaving in 2014.^[9]^[10] While in the army, Force served in both Iraq and Afghanistan,^[11] participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom.^[12]^[13]^[14] At the time of the attack Force, an MBA student, was traveling with other graduate students from Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management studying global entrepreneurship.^[15]

In addition to Force, eleven others were injured, including a pregnant woman, an Arab Israeli, and a Palestinian who was illegally residing in Israel.^[16]

Assailant

The attacker was identified as 21-year-old Bashar Masalha, who was from the city of Qalqilya located in the Palestinian territories. He was residing in Israel illegally.^[7] The family of the murderer receives a monthly pension from the Palestinian Authority Martyr's Fund equal to several times the average monthly wage in the Palestinian Territories.^[17]

Aftermath

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced on the night of the attacks that it was imposing closures on the West Bank villages of Zawiya and Al-Auja, the hometowns of two of the attackers.^[18]

Following the attack and the two other attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held security consultations with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan, police chief Roni Alsheikh and IDF and Shin Bet officials. The Prime Minister's Office said it was immediately decided to close gaps in the separation barrier in the Jerusalem area, and to complete construction of the barrier in the Tarqumiyah area in the South Hebron Hills. It was also decided to close Palestinian media outlets accused of incitement. Professionals in the defense establishment will decide which Palestinian media will be closed. Further, it was decided to deny work permits for family members of assailants.^[19]^[20]

The Israeli police began a law enforcement operation to crack down on Palestinian illegal residents, arresting more than 250 illegal Arabs across the country, but focused on construction sites and large shopping areas, which normally are magnets for cheap, cash-in-the-hand labor. The arresting officers discovered a small compound, complete with sleeping tents, showers, a lavatory and a kitchen, which illegal Arab workers had erected in HaBesor Stream in southern Israel, not far from the Gaza Strip. Police reported that 15 Israeli employers and 12 drivers were arrested by 10 March.^[21] According to a Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee from 14 March, chaired by MK David Amsalem (Likud), out of the 73 Palestinian attacks that occurred within the Green Line, 27 were carried out by illegal Arab residents. Police noted that each year sees tens of thousands of cases of illegal Arab residents, who are brought before a judge when their stay involves security risks, which means that there are tens of thousands of illegal Arabs moving freely everywhere inside Israel, some of whom may be "terrorist ticking bombs".^[22]

Taylor Force Act

The Taylor Force Act is a legislative bill co-sponsored in the United States Senate in 2016 by U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Dan Coats (R-Indiana), and Roy Blunt (R-Missouri). The legislation proposes to stop American economic aid to the Palestinian Authority until the PA changes its laws to cease paying stipends funneled through the so-called Palestinian Authority Martyr's Fund to individuals who commit acts of terrorism and to the families of deceased terrorists.^[23] On March 23, 2018, the Act was signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Reactions

The attack was condemned by Israel and the United States.^[24]^[25] It was praised by the Palestinian organizations Fatah,^[25] Hamas,^[26] and the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.^[26]

Notes

^ Or 22 years old depending on sources

References

^ Liebermann, Oren; Almasy, Steve; Tal, Amir (9 March 2016). "American fatally stabbed in Israel terror attack that wounds 10 others". CNN. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ Hartman, Ben (8 March 2016). "Jaffa stabbing spree: Palestinian kills American tourist, wounds 10 others". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wootliff, Raoul; Gross, Judah Ari (8 March 2016). "Palestinian terrorist kills US tourist, wounds 10 in Jaffa stabbing spree". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Tio knivhöggs i Tel Aviv - turist dödad" [Ten stabbed in Tel Aviv - tourist killed]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ Mickolus, Edward (14 February 2018). Terrorism Worldwide, 2016. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7155-0.
^ Hadid, Diaa (8 March 2016). "American Graduate Student Killed in Stabbing Rampage Near Tel Aviv". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b Rubin, Shira (8 March 2016). "Terror Wave in Israel Claims American Tourist". Daily Beast. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ Kaufmann, Lissy (9 March 2016). "Regierung schließt nach neuen Attentaten Lücken in der Sicherheitsmauer" [Government closes for new attacks gaps in the security wall] (in German). Der Taggespiegel. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ "Taylor Force". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.
^ Liebermann, Oren; Almasy, Steve; Tal, Amir (8 March 2016). "American Taylor Force killed, 10 people wounded in Israel attack". CNN. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ Ortiz, Erik (9 March 2016). "Israel Stabbing Victim Taylor Force Was U.S. Army Vet and MBA Student". NBC News. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ Dillon, Nancy (9 March 2016). "Vanderbilt University student Taylor Force fatally stabbed in Israel amid Biden visit; he was West point grad and served in Iraq, Afghanistan". New York Daily News. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ "American murdered in Israel was West Point grad who served in Iraq and Afghanistan". Fox News Channel. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ Emergui, Sal (9 March 2016). "De luchar en Irak y Afganistán a morir como turista en Israel" [Fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan to die as a tourist in Israel] (in Spanish). El Mundo (Spain). Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ Zeppos, Nicholas (8 March 2016). "Message from Chancellor Zeppos on student death in Israel". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ Wootliff, Raoul; Gross, Judah Ari (9 March 2016). "Jaffa terror victim was US Army vet, Vanderbilt student". Times of Israel. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ "Pay for Slay in Palestine U.S. aid becomes a transfer payment for terrorists". The Wall Street Journal. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
^ Nir, Hasson; Yaron, Lee; Cohen, Gili (8 March 2016). "Terror Rampage Leaves One Dead, at Least 13 Wounded Across Israel". Haaretz. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ Ravid, Barak (9 March 2016). "After Terror Attacks, Israel to Complete Separation Barrier Construction Around Jerusalem, Southern West Bank". Haaretz. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^ Reed, John (11 March 2016). "Israel in security crackdown after attacks". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^ "More than 250 Illegal Arab Residents Rounded Up Overnight". The Jewish Press. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ "Knesset Committee Hears Illegal Residents Carried Out 44% of Attacks in 'Green Line' Israel". The Jewish Press. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ Tubbs, Ashlyn (28 September 2016). "Senators introduce Taylor Force Act to cut terror attack funding". KCBD. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
^ "Israeli PM, US condemn terror attacks that leave one dead, 11 injured in central Israel, Jerusalem". i24 News. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Biden in Israel blasts Palestinian leader for not condemning stabbing attack that killed American Taylor Allen Force". CBS News. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b Yashar, Ari (9 March 2016). "Hamas celebrates murder of American tourist". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

External links

[1] Or 22 years old depending on sources

[2] Liebermann, Oren; Almasy, Steve; Tal, Amir (9 March 2016). "American fatally stabbed in Israel terror attack that wounds 10 others". CNN. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[jp1-3] Hartman, Ben (8 March 2016). "Jaffa stabbing spree: Palestinian kills American tourist, wounds 10 others". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[times-4] Wootliff, Raoul; Gross, Judah Ari (8 March 2016). "Palestinian terrorist kills US tourist, wounds 10 in Jaffa stabbing spree". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[svd1-5] "Tio knivhöggs i Tel Aviv - turist dödad" [Ten stabbed in Tel Aviv - tourist killed]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[6] Mickolus, Edward (14 February 2018). Terrorism Worldwide, 2016. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7155-0.

[HadidStabbing-7] Hadid, Diaa (8 March 2016). "American Graduate Student Killed in Stabbing Rampage Near Tel Aviv". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[illegal-8] Rubin, Shira (8 March 2016). "Terror Wave in Israel Claims American Tourist". Daily Beast. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[Kaufmann-9] Kaufmann, Lissy (9 March 2016). "Regierung schließt nach neuen Attentaten Lücken in der Sicherheitsmauer" [Government closes for new attacks gaps in the security wall] (in German). Der Taggespiegel. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[10] "Taylor Force". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.

[11] Liebermann, Oren; Almasy, Steve; Tal, Amir (8 March 2016). "American Taylor Force killed, 10 people wounded in Israel attack". CNN. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[12] Ortiz, Erik (9 March 2016). "Israel Stabbing Victim Taylor Force Was U.S. Army Vet and MBA Student". NBC News. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[13] Dillon, Nancy (9 March 2016). "Vanderbilt University student Taylor Force fatally stabbed in Israel amid Biden visit; he was West point grad and served in Iraq, Afghanistan". New York Daily News. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[WestPointGrad-14] "American murdered in Israel was West Point grad who served in Iraq and Afghanistan". Fox News Channel. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[Emergui-15] Emergui, Sal (9 March 2016). "De luchar en Irak y Afganistán a morir como turista en Israel" [Fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan to die as a tourist in Israel] (in Spanish). El Mundo (Spain). Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[16] Zeppos, Nicholas (8 March 2016). "Message from Chancellor Zeppos on student death in Israel". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[17] Wootliff, Raoul; Gross, Judah Ari (9 March 2016). "Jaffa terror victim was US Army vet, Vanderbilt student". Times of Israel. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[WSJEditorial-18] "Pay for Slay in Palestine U.S. aid becomes a transfer payment for terrorists". The Wall Street Journal. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

[Haaretz-19] Nir, Hasson; Yaron, Lee; Cohen, Gili (8 March 2016). "Terror Rampage Leaves One Dead, at Least 13 Wounded Across Israel". Haaretz. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

[RavidSecurityBarrier-20] Ravid, Barak (9 March 2016). "After Terror Attacks, Israel to Complete Separation Barrier Construction Around Jerusalem, Southern West Bank". Haaretz. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[ReedSecurityCrackdown-21] Reed, John (11 March 2016). "Israel in security crackdown after attacks". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[22] "More than 250 Illegal Arab Residents Rounded Up Overnight". The Jewish Press. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

[23] "Knesset Committee Hears Illegal Residents Carried Out 44% of Attacks in 'Green Line' Israel". The Jewish Press. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

[CutTerrorFunding-24] Tubbs, Ashlyn (28 September 2016). "Senators introduce Taylor Force Act to cut terror attack funding". KCBD. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

[25] "Israeli PM, US condemn terror attacks that leave one dead, 11 injured in central Israel, Jerusalem". i24 News. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

[BaidenandFatah-26] "Biden in Israel blasts Palestinian leader for not condemning stabbing attack that killed American Taylor Allen Force". CBS News. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[Hamasceleb-27] Yashar, Ari (9 March 2016). "Hamas celebrates murder of American tourist". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

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-On 8 March 2016, a 21-year-old{{efn|Or 22 years old depending on sources}} West Bank [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] man from [[Qalqilya]] killed an American tourist, and [[United States Army]] veteran, Taylor Force and wounded ten other people in a stabbing spree in [[Jaffa Port]], [[Tel Aviv]], Israel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liebermann |first1=Oren |last2=Almasy |first2=Steve |last3=Tal |first3=Amir |date=9 March 2016 |title=American fatally stabbed in Israel terror attack that wounds 10 others |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/middleeast/israel-violence/ |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=jp1>{{cite web|last=Hartman|first=Ben|title=Jaffa stabbing spree: Palestinian kills American tourist, wounds 10 others|date=8 March 2016|url=http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Breaking-Israeli-wounded-in-Petah-Tikva-terror-stabbing-447246|work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="times" /> The attacker was shot dead by the police after a chase along the beach promenade.<ref name="times">{{cite web|last1=Wootliff|first1=Raoul|last2=Gross|first2=Judah Ari|title=Palestinian terrorist kills US tourist, wounds 10 in Jaffa stabbing spree|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-terrorist-kills-1-hurts-10-in-jaffa-stabbing-spree/|publisher=[[The Times of Israel]]|date=8 March 2016|access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
+On 8 March 2016, a 21-year-old{{efn|Or 22 years old depending on sources}} [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] man from [[Qalqilya]] killed an American tourist and wounded ten civilians in a stabbing spree in [[Jaffa Port]], [[Tel Aviv]], Israel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liebermann |first1=Oren |last2=Almasy |first2=Steve |last3=Tal |first3=Amir |date=9 March 2016 |title=American fatally stabbed in Israel terror attack that wounds 10 others |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/middleeast/israel-violence/ |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=jp1>{{cite web|last=Hartman|first=Ben|title=Jaffa stabbing spree: Palestinian kills American tourist, wounds 10 others|date=8 March 2016|url=http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Breaking-Israeli-wounded-in-Petah-Tikva-terror-stabbing-447246|work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="times" /> The attacker was shot dead by the police after a chase along the beach promenade.<ref name="times">{{cite web|last1=Wootliff|first1=Raoul|last2=Gross|first2=Judah Ari|title=Palestinian terrorist kills US tourist, wounds 10 in Jaffa stabbing spree|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-terrorist-kills-1-hurts-10-in-jaffa-stabbing-spree/|publisher=[[The Times of Israel]]|date=8 March 2016|access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
 ==Attack==
-The attack happened while US Vice President [[Joe Biden]] was meeting with former Israeli President [[Shimon Peres]] in Tel Aviv.<ref name="svd1">{{cite web|title=Tio knivhöggs i Tel Aviv - turist dödad|trans-title=Ten stabbed in Tel Aviv - tourist killed|url=http://www.svd.se/minst-tio-knivattackerade-i-tel-aviv/om/varlden|date=8 March 2016|publisher=[[Svenska Dagbladet]]|access-date=8 March 2016|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Mickolus|first=Edward|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h51NDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA169|title=Terrorism Worldwide, 2016|date=2018-02-14|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-7155-0|language=en}}</ref> According to police, the assailant first attacked persons in the harbor and later went to a restaurant where four more persons were wounded. According to ambulance personnel, five of the victims suffered serious wounds.<ref name="svd1" /> The attack lasted approximately 20 minutes<ref name="times" /><ref name="HadidStabbing">{{cite news|last1=Hadid|first1=Diaa|title=American Graduate Student Killed in Stabbing Rampage Near Tel Aviv|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/09/world/middleeast/jaffa-israel-stabbing-attacks.html|access-date=9 March 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=8 March 2016}}</ref> and ended when the assailant was shot and killed by responding police.<ref name="illegal"/><ref name="Kaufmann">{{cite news|last1=Kaufmann|first1=Lissy|title=Regierung schließt nach neuen Attentaten Lücken in der Sicherheitsmauer|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/israel-regierung-schliesst-nach-neuen-attentaten-luecken-in-der-sicherheitsmauer/13072672.html|trans-title=Government closes for new attacks gaps in the security wall|access-date=9 March 2016|publisher=Der Taggespiegel|date=9 March 2016|language=de}}</ref>
+The attack happened while US Vice President [[Joe Biden]] was meeting with former Israeli President [[Shimon Peres]] in Tel Aviv.<ref name="svd1">{{cite news|title=Tio knivhöggs i Tel Aviv - turist dödad|trans-title=Ten stabbed in Tel Aviv - tourist killed|url=http://www.svd.se/minst-tio-knivattackerade-i-tel-aviv/om/varlden|date=8 March 2016|newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]]|access-date=8 March 2016|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Mickolus|first=Edward|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h51NDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA169|title=Terrorism Worldwide, 2016|date=2018-02-14|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-7155-0|language=en}}</ref> According to police, the assailant first attacked persons in the harbor and later went to a restaurant where four more persons were wounded. According to ambulance personnel, five of the victims suffered serious wounds.<ref name="svd1" /> The attack lasted approximately 20 minutes<ref name="times" /><ref name="HadidStabbing">{{cite news|last1=Hadid|first1=Diaa|title=American Graduate Student Killed in Stabbing Rampage Near Tel Aviv|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/09/world/middleeast/jaffa-israel-stabbing-attacks.html|access-date=9 March 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=8 March 2016}}</ref> and ended when the assailant was shot and killed by responding police.<ref name="illegal"/><ref name="Kaufmann">{{cite news|last1=Kaufmann|first1=Lissy|title=Regierung schließt nach neuen Attentaten Lücken in der Sicherheitsmauer|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/israel-regierung-schliesst-nach-neuen-attentaten-luecken-in-der-sicherheitsmauer/13072672.html|trans-title=Government closes for new attacks gaps in the security wall|access-date=9 March 2016|publisher=Der Taggespiegel|date=9 March 2016|language=de}}</ref>
 ===Victims===
-Taylor Force, age 28, graduated from the [[New Mexico Military Institute]] and from [[West Point]] in 2009 and later became an officer in the [[United States Army]] until leaving in 2014.<ref>http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Victims/Pages/Taylor-Force.aspx</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/middleeast/israel-violence/|title=American Taylor Force killed, 10 people wounded in Israel attack|first1=Oren|last1=Liebermann|first2=Steve|last2=Almasy|first3=Amir|last3=Tal|date=8 March 2016|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> While in the army, Force served in both [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-stabbing-victim-taylor-force-was-u-s-army-vet-n534516|title=Israel Stabbing Victim Taylor Force Was U.S. Army Vet and MBA Student|first=Erik|last=Ortiz|work=[[NBC News]]|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> participating in [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]], [[Operation New Dawn (Iraq, 2010-2011)|Operation New Dawn]], and [[Operation Enduring Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/american-stabbed-death-wounded-israel-article-1.2557194|title=Vanderbilt University student Taylor Force fatally stabbed in Israel amid Biden visit; he was West point grad and served in Iraq, Afghanistan|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=9 March 2016|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="WestPointGrad">{{cite news|title=American murdered in Israel was West Point grad who served in Iraq and Afghanistan|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/03/09/american-murdered-in-israel-was-west-point-grad-who-served-in-iraq-and-afghanistan.html|access-date=9 March 2016|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]|date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Emergui">{{cite news|last1=Emergui|first1=Sal|title=De luchar en Irak y Afganistán a morir como turista en Israel|trans-title=Fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan to die as a tourist in Israel|url=http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2016/03/09/56e046f422601ded3d8b461d.html|access-date=9 March 2016|publisher=[[El Mundo (Spain)]]|date=9 March 2016|language=es}}</ref> At the time of the attack Force, an MBA student, was traveling with other graduate students from [[Owen Graduate School of Management|Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management]] studying global entrepreneurship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2016/03/message-from-chancellor-zeppos-on-student-death-in-israel/|title=Message from Chancellor Zeppos on student death in Israel|author=Vanderbilt News and Communications|work=[[Vanderbilt University]]|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref>
+Taylor Force, age 28, graduated from the [[New Mexico Military Institute]] and from [[West Point]] in 2009 and later became an officer in the [[United States Army]] until leaving in 2014.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Victims/Pages/Taylor-Force.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160310103743/http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Victims/Pages/Taylor-Force.aspx| archive-date = 2016-03-10| title = Taylor Force}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/middleeast/israel-violence/|title=American Taylor Force killed, 10 people wounded in Israel attack|first1=Oren|last1=Liebermann|first2=Steve|last2=Almasy|first3=Amir|last3=Tal|date=8 March 2016|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> While in the army, Force served in both [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-stabbing-victim-taylor-force-was-u-s-army-vet-n534516|title=Israel Stabbing Victim Taylor Force Was U.S. Army Vet and MBA Student|first=Erik|last=Ortiz|work=[[NBC News]]|date=9 March 2016 |access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> participating in [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]], [[Operation New Dawn (Iraq, 2010-2011)|Operation New Dawn]], and [[Operation Enduring Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Dillon |first=Nancy |date=9 March 2016 |title=Vanderbilt University student Taylor Force fatally stabbed in Israel amid Biden visit; he was West point grad and served in Iraq, Afghanistan |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/american-stabbed-death-wounded-israel-article-1.2557194 |access-date=9 March 2016 |work=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref><ref name="WestPointGrad">{{cite news|title=American murdered in Israel was West Point grad who served in Iraq and Afghanistan|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/american-murdered-in-israel-was-west-point-grad-who-served-in-iraq-and-afghanistan|access-date=9 March 2016|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]|date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Emergui">{{cite news|last1=Emergui|first1=Sal|title=De luchar en Irak y Afganistán a morir como turista en Israel|trans-title=Fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan to die as a tourist in Israel|url=http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2016/03/09/56e046f422601ded3d8b461d.html|access-date=9 March 2016|publisher=[[El Mundo (Spain)]]|date=9 March 2016|language=es}}</ref> At the time of the attack Force, an MBA student, was traveling with other graduate students from [[Owen Graduate School of Management|Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management]] studying global entrepreneurship.<ref>{{cite web |author=Zeppos |first=Nicholas |date=8 March 2016 |title=Message from Chancellor Zeppos on student death in Israel |url=http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2016/03/message-from-chancellor-zeppos-on-student-death-in-israel/ |access-date=9 March 2016 |work=[[Vanderbilt University]]}}</ref>
-In addition to Force, eleven others were injured, including a pregnant woman, an Arab Israeli, and a Palestinian who was illegally residing in Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/vanderbilt-student-taylor-force-named-as-us-victim-of-jaffa-terror-attack/|title=Jaffa terror victim was US Army vet, Vanderbilt student|work=Times of Israel|date=9 March 2016|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref>
+In addition to Force, eleven others were injured, including a pregnant woman, an Arab Israeli, and a Palestinian who was illegally residing in Israel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wootliff |first1=Raoul |last2=Gross |first2=Judah Ari |date=9 March 2016 |title=Jaffa terror victim was US Army vet, Vanderbilt student |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/vanderbilt-student-taylor-force-named-as-us-victim-of-jaffa-terror-attack/ |access-date=9 March 2016 |work=Times of Israel}}</ref>
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 ==Taylor Force Act==
 {{main|Taylor Force Act}}
-The Taylor Force Act is a legislative bill co-sponsored in the United States Senate in 2016 by U.S. Senators [[Lindsey Graham]] (R-South Carolina), [[Dan Coats]] (R-Indiana), and [[Roy Blunt]] (R-Missouri). The legislation proposes to stop American economic aid to the [[Palestinian Authority]]  until the PA changes its laws to cease paying stipends funneled through the so-called [[Palestinian Authority Martyr's Fund]] to individuals who commit acts of terrorism and to the families of deceased terrorists.<ref name="CutTerrorFunding">{{cite news|last1=Tubbs|first1=Ashlyn|title=Senators introduce Taylor Force Act to cut terror attack funding|url=http://www.kcbd.com/story/33272315/senators-introduce-taylor-force-act-to-cut-terror-attack-funding|access-date=15 November 2016|publisher=[[KCBD]]|date=28 September 2016}}</ref> On March 23, 2018 the Act was signed into law by U.S. President [[Donald Trump]].
+The Taylor Force Act is a legislative bill co-sponsored in the United States Senate in 2016 by U.S. Senators [[Lindsey Graham]] (R-South Carolina), [[Dan Coats]] (R-Indiana), and [[Roy Blunt]] (R-Missouri). The legislation proposes to stop American economic aid to the [[Palestinian Authority]]  until the PA changes its laws to cease paying stipends funneled through the so-called [[Palestinian Authority Martyr's Fund]] to individuals who commit acts of terrorism and to the families of deceased terrorists.<ref name="CutTerrorFunding">{{cite news|last1=Tubbs|first1=Ashlyn|title=Senators introduce Taylor Force Act to cut terror attack funding|url=http://www.kcbd.com/story/33272315/senators-introduce-taylor-force-act-to-cut-terror-attack-funding|access-date=15 November 2016|publisher=[[KCBD]]|date=28 September 2016}}</ref> On March 23, 2018, the Act was signed into law by U.S. President [[Donald Trump]].
 ==Reactions==
+The attack was condemned by Israel and the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli PM, US condemn terror attacks that leave one dead, 11 injured in central Israel, Jerusalem|url=http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/105441-160308-jerusalem-palestinian-women-tries-to-stab-israeli-police-officer-is-shot-dead|access-date=23 March 2016|work=[[i24 News]]|date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="BaidenandFatah" /> It was praised by the Palestinian organizations [[Fatah]],<ref name="BaidenandFatah">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-israel-palestinian-stabbing-attacks-killed-american-taylor-allen-force/|title=Biden in Israel blasts Palestinian leader for not condemning stabbing attack that killed American Taylor Allen Force|date=9 March 2016|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> [[Hamas]],<ref name="Hamasceleb">{{cite news|last1=Yashar|first1=Ari|title=Hamas celebrates murder of American tourist|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/209150#.VvL88uIrKHs|access-date=23 March 2016|work=[[Arutz Sheva]]|date=9 March 2016}}</ref> and the [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine]].<ref name="Hamasceleb" />
-===Domestic===
-*Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Facebook to express his condolences. "On behalf of the people of Israel, I send my condolences to Taylor's family and friends. May his memory be a blessing," he wrote in a post.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli PM, US condemn terror attacks that leave one dead, 11 injured in central Israel, Jerusalem|url=http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/105441-160308-jerusalem-palestinian-women-tries-to-stab-israeli-police-officer-is-shot-dead|access-date=23 March 2016|work=[[i24 News]]|date=9 March 2016}}</ref>
-===Palestinian organizations===
-*{{flagicon image|Fatah Flag.svg|size=22px|border}} [[Fatah]], the party of Palestinian leader [[Mahmoud Abbas]], posted a statement online praising the attacker as a hero and a "martyr," and suggesting such attacks would continue "so long as Israel does not believe in the [[two-state solution]] and ending its occupation."<ref name=BaidenandFatah>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-israel-palestinian-stabbing-attacks-killed-american-taylor-allen-force/|title=Biden in Israel blasts Palestinian leader for not condemning stabbing attack that killed American Taylor Allen Force|date=9 March 2016|publisher=[[CBS News]]|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref>
-*{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg|size=22px|border}} [[Hamas]] said is a statement: "We applaud the courageous attacks in Tel Aviv (Petah Tikva - ed.), Jerusalem and Yafo. This is proof of the failure of all the conspiracies meant to eradicate the intifada, which will continue until its goals are achieved."<ref name="Hamasceleb">{{cite news|last1=Yashar|first1=Ari|title=Hamas celebrates murder of American tourist|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/209150#.VvL88uIrKHs|access-date=23 March 2016|work=[[Arutz Sheva]]|date=9 March 2016}}</ref>
-*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.svg|size=22px|border}} [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine]] joined Hamas in welcoming the attacks, and said that the continuation of the attacks sends a clear message to those who are doubtful, proving that the intifada is continuing and growing more intense.<ref name="Hamasceleb" />
-===International===
-*{{flag|United States}} Vice President [[Joe Biden]] chastised Palestinian leaders for not condemning the latest in a series of stabbing attacks targeting Israelis. "The kind of violence we saw yesterday, the failure to condemn it, the rhetoric that incites that violence, the retribution that it generates, has to stop," Biden said.<ref name=BaidenandFatah />
 ==See also==
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-[[Category:2010s in Tel Aviv]]
+[[Category:2010s crimes in Tel Aviv]]
 [[Category:American people murdered abroad]]
 [[Category:American terrorism victims]]
-[[Category:Attacks on tourists]]
+[[Category:Attacks on tourists in Asia]]
 [[Category:Deaths by stabbing in Israel]]
-[[Category:Mass stabbings]]
+[[Category:Mass stabbings in Tel Aviv]]
 [[Category:2016 crimes in Israel]]
-[[Category:2016 murders in Asia]]
+[[Category:2016 murders in Israel]]
-[[Category:2010s murders in Israel]]
-[[Category:Murder in Israel]]
-[[Category:Murdered American military personnel]]
 [[Category:Murdered American students]]
-[[Category:Palestinian terrorism]]
+[[Category:Palestinian political violence]]
 [[Category:Stabbing attacks in 2016]]
 [[Category:Terrorism deaths in Israel]]
 [[Category:Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2016]]
 [[Category:Terrorist incidents in Tel Aviv]]
-[[Category:Terrorist incidents involving knife attacks]]
+[[Category:Knife attacks in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
-[[Category:March 2016 crimes]]
+[[Category:March 2016 crimes in Asia]]
 [[Category:March 2016 events in Asia]]
-[[Category:Knife attacks]]
+[[Category:Murder in Tel Aviv]]

v t e Mass stabbing incidents in the 2010s
2010	Nanping school (23 Mar) Leizhou school (28 Apr) Taixing school (29 Apr) Zibo kindergarten (4 Aug)
2011	New York City (11–12 Feb) Jersey family (14 Aug) Gongyi, Henan (14 Sep)
2012	Chenpeng Village Primary School (14 Dec)
2013	Etajima (14 Mar) Shanghai school (27 Mar) Lone Star College (9 Apr) Abu Musallam (23 Jun) Spring High School (4 Sep) Brooklyn family (26 Oct) Valdresekspressen bus (4 Nov)
2014	Kunming station (1 Mar) Changsha (14 Mar) Franklin Regional High School (9 Apr) Calgary (15 Apr) Guangzhou (6 May) Taipei Metro (21 May) Isla Vista (23 May) Takizawa AKB48 (25 May) Dongfang Primary School (1 Sep) Jerusalem synagogue (18 Nov) Cairns (18–19 Dec)
2015	Broken Arrow (22–23 Jul) Jerusalem (30 Jul) Västerås IKEA (10 Aug) Trollhättan school (22 Oct) University of California, Merced (4 Nov) Tel Aviv synagogue (19 Nov) Leytonstone, London (5 Dec)
2016	Gage Park, Chicago (2 Feb) Ohio restaurant (11 Feb) Dunbarton High School (23 Feb) Thane (28 Feb) Haikou school (29 Feb) Tel Aviv (8 Mar) Grafing station (10 May) Silver City (10 May) Birstall – Jo Cox (16 Jun) Sacramento (26 Jun) Würzburg train (18 Jul) Sagamihara (26 Jul) Russell Square, London (3 Aug) Pioz (17 Aug) Home Hill (23 Aug) Hubei school (29 Aug) St. Cloud (17 Sep) Guangxi school (23 Sep) Yema, Yunnan (29 Sep) Beiguan Primary School (25 Nov) Ohio State University (28 Nov)
2017	Düsseldorf station (9 Mar) Portland train (26 May) London Bridge (3 Jun) Halamish family (21 Jul) Hamburg supermarket (28 Jul) Turku (18 Aug)
2018	Perm (15 Jan) Shaanxi school (27 Apr) Pubei Road, Shanghai (28 Jun) Chongqing kindergarten (26 Oct) Manchester Victoria station (31 Dec)
2019	Kawasaki (28 May) Săpoca Hospital (18 Aug) Kuopio school (1 Oct) Paris, France (3 Oct) London Bridge (29 Nov) Monsey, New York (28 Dec)
See also	List of school attacks in China
Before 2010 2020s

v t e Prominent terrorist attacks against Israelis in the 2010s
2010	Tapuah junction stabbing (10 February) Murder of Neta Sorek (24 February) West Bank shooting attack (31 August) Murder of Kristine Luken (18 December)
2011	Itamar attack (11 March) Jerusalem bus stop bombing (23 March) Hamas school bus attack (7 April) Southern Israel cross-border attacks (18 August) Tel Aviv nightclub attack (29 August) Murder of Asher and Yonatan Palmer (23 September)
2012	Attacks on Israeli diplomats (13 February) Burgas bus bombing (18 July) Sinai attack (5 August) Southern Israel cross-border attack (21 September) Tel Aviv bus bombing (21 November)
2013	Tapuah junction stabbing (30 April) Bat Yam bus bombing (22 December)
2014	Murder of Shelly Dadon (1 May) Gush Etzion kidnapping and murder (12 June) Jerusalem tractor attack (4 August) Jerusalem ramming (22 October) Attempted assassination of Yehudah Glick (29 October) Jerusalem vehicular attack (5 November) Killing of Almog Shiloni (10 November) Alon Shvut stabbing (10 November) Jerusalem synagogue attack (18 November)
2015	Tel Aviv bus stabbings (21 January) Shvut Rachel shooting (29 June) Murder of Eitam and Na'ama Henkin (1 October) Lions' Gate stabbings (3 October) Beersheva bus station shooting (18 October) Tel Aviv synagogue stabbings (19 November) Gush Etzion Junction attack (19 November)
2016	Tel Aviv shooting (1 January) Tel Aviv stabbings (8 March) Jerusalem bus bombing (18 April) Tel Aviv shooting (8 June) Murder of Hallel Yaffa Ariel (30 June) Jerusalem shooting (9 October)
2017	Jerusalem truck attack (8 January) Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing (14 April) June 2017 Jerusalem attack (16 June) Temple Mount shooting (14 July) Halamish stabbing (21 July) Petah Tikva stabbing (24 July) Yavne attack (2 August) Har Adar shooting (26 September)
2018	Ariel stabbing (5 February) Murder of Ari Fuld (16 September) Barkan Industrial Park shooting (7 October)
2019	Murder of Ori Ansbacher (7 February) Murder of Yehuda and Tamar Kaduri (10 January) Samaria combined attack (17 March) Murder of Dvir Sorek (7 August) Murder of Rina Shnerb (23 August)
Attacks launched by Palestinians from the West Bank Attacks launched by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip Attacks launched from Egypt Attacks launched from Lebanon Rocket attacks Lebanese Sinai Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2015–2016 2000s 2020s