The off-duty soldier who shot and killed the terrorist on Wednesday, was riding his bike down Jaffa Road when he spotted the overturned bus and a massive bulldozer tearing through the streets of Jerusalem.
The off-duty soldier moments after he shot the terrorist on Wednesday.
Photo: Channel 2
Slideshow: Bulldozer attack Understanding that the Arab driver behind the wheel was in the midst of a terror rampage, the soldier, on a furlough from the army, threw his bike to the side of the road and began chasing after the bulldozer.
Speaking with reporters several hours after the attack, the soldier recalled the sequence of events that led to his courageous action on Wednesday.
As he began running towards the bulldozer, the soldier said that he shouted out to onlookers for a gun. Together with another civilian, the soldier climbed aboard the bulldozer and began wrestling with the driver.
Seconds later, a police officer, Eli Mizrahi, climbed aboard the bulldozer and shot the terrorist again, killing him.
The policeman later told reporters at the scene that he had acted "precisely as we were taught to do."
Mizrahi said he had been on duty with his partner nearby when word of the attack came through and he sped to the scene on his motorbike.
He saw a trail of smashed and crushed cars and wounded pedestrians, he said, cocked his gun and dashed toward the bulldozer in which the perpetrator was driving.
An armed Israeli civilian fired first, Mizrahi said, referring to the soldier, but the tractor was still moving, "crushing a car and heading towards more civilians."
So Mizrahi climbed up to the driver's cab. "I fired twice. And he was neutralized."
Police Commissioner David Cohen praised the conduct of police, security forces and civilians at the scene, highlighting the "admirable determination" they had demonstrated in confronting the perpetrator and putting an end to the attack
