Scene of attack at Damascus Gate
Scene of attack at Damascus GateYonatan Sindel/Flash 90

Israel Police have so far arrested 4 suspects in connection to the terror attack during which Border Policewoman Hadas Malka was murdered.

Immediately after the attack, a 52-year-old man from Issawiya was arrested on suspicion of driving the terrorists to Jerusalem.

Last week, an Arab from Judea and Samaria who organized the group of Arab illegals including the terrorists, who travelled in the suspected driver’s car from Issawiya to Jerusalem, was arrested.

From police investigations it appears that the driver, a residents of Issawiya, reached the area of Ramallah a day before the terror attack and loaded the illegals, including the three terrorists, into his car, proceeding to drive them to Jerusalem to pray on the Temple Mount for Ramadan.

The investigation found that the suspect drove them on a longer route via southern Israel. When they arrived in Jerusalem, they got off near Damascus Gate and, a day later, Friday, committed the terror attack during which Hadas Malka was murdered.

The two suspects, the resident of Issawiya and the resident of Judea and Samaria, were investigated on suspicions of causing death by negligence.

Likewise, after a police request to the military prosecution to open an investigation concerning incitement to violence and terror offenses, the mother and, last week, the father of one of the terrorists, residents of Deir Abu Mishol, were arrested, following their statements - including to the press - after the attack.

Today, the Issawiya resident and Judea and Samaria resident will be brought before the Magistrate Court for an additional extension of their arrests. They arrest of the terrorist’s father will be extended today in the military court. Tomorrow, the terrorist’s mother will be brought for an additional extension of her arrest.