| Highway 4 shooting | |
| Location: | Yavne Interchange, Yavne, Israel |
| Date: | 15 October 2024 |
| Time: | 11:20 am |
| Type: | Mass shooting, spree shooting |
| Weapon: | Handgun |
| Fatalities: | 2 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injuries: | 4 |
| Perpetrator: | Mohammed Dardouna |
On 15 October 2024 at approximately 11:20 a.m., a gunman opened fire on a police car and other vehicles traveling south on Highway 4, near the Yavne interchange, Yavne, Israel. Four people were injured, and one police officer was killed.[1] [2] [3] The perpetrator was subsequently killed by an armed civilian passing by.
On 15 October 2024, a gunman armed with a handgun opened fire on a police car and other vehicles, near the Yavne Interchange.[4]
The attack resulted in the fatal wounding of First Sgt. Adir Kadosh, a 33-year-old police officer, who was later pronounced dead at Assuta Medical Center in Ashdod.[5] Another individual sustained minor to moderate injuries from glass shards when his vehicle was targeted. The attacker was subsequently neutralized and killed by an armed civilian passing by.[6]
The gunman was identified as 28-year-old Mohammed Dardouna, a Palestinian from the northern Gaza Strip who had lived in Jabalia and illegally in the West Bank in recent years.[7] [8] [9]
Israeli far-right politician and Ministry of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, arrived at the scene of the attack and stated that the individual who killed the terrorist had obtained their gun license three months earlier as a result of his weapon reform.[10]