Barehanded badass Israeli EMT takes on knife-wielding terrorist and treats the victims

A United Hatzalah volunteer EMT named Benny Meshulam had left for work from his home in Beer Yaakov in central Israel when he saw that oncoming traffic had come to a stop. He then witness two men lying on the sidewalk with people all around them in an obvious commotion. [H/T United with Israel].

United Hatzalah is an Israeli free, volunteer-based emergency medical services organization that serves all of Israel with its headquarters based in Jerusalem.

“At first, I didn’t understand what was happening,” Meshulam recounted. “After a few seconds, I realized that it was a terror attack. I immediately put my car in park, flipped up the handbrake, and ran toward the incident, shouting ‘terrorist.’”

There were two other Israeli citizens, barehanded, working in concert to subdue the terrorist after he had stabbed a pair of IDF troops from nearby Tzrifin army base. Both soldiers were around 20-years-old. one of them was wounded seriously, the other not quite as bad.

Meshulam, along with the other two men, had tackled the terrorist to prevent him from harming anyone else, including those congregated at the side of the roadway.

“We punched and kicked him, and used anything else we could in order to knock him down,” Benny said.

“The terrorist looked determined. I could see the evil in his eyes. Once he was no longer a threat, I ran towards one of the men, who had sustained serious injuries from being stabbed in his upper torso. I provided initial treatment, bandaging the man’s wounds and applying pressure on them in order to stop the bleeding. I contacted dispatch and made sure that backup was on the way.

“After a few minutes, other volunteers arrived and took over treating the young man. I then went to treat the second person who had been injured in the incident. His wounds were less severe, and he was in light condition.”

Both victims were quickly evacuated to the nearby Assaf HaRofeh hospital for further treatment.

Meshulam visited the young men after the incident and said that he was grateful that he had the opportunity to help.

“I feel privileged that I was able to help neutralize the threat and save a man’s life. I still haven’t fully internalized what happened. It will probably take me a long time to process what happened this morning and the part I played in it. I simply reacted and did what needed to be done. The emotional fallout and decompressing will take time.”

The terrorist, a scumcrumpet from Hebron, was arrested and is in custody of the police. He will be provided with a smart, Jewish lawyer a Koran and a prayer mat if so requested.

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