The Minister of Internal Security, Amr Bar-Lev, arrived today (Friday) at the Tel Aviv District Police Headquarters, where he met the police officers of the Israel Defense Forces, Major Sharif Hasson and Major Manny Mengisto, who captured the terrorist in Jaffa yesterday, and presented them with a certificate of appreciation. The two officers They described to the minister the chain of events leading up to the capture of the terrorist.
Minister Bar-Lev also met the two police officers who assisted them in the capture, Sergeant Major Maor Avinoam and Sergeant Major Yaron Azani and the entire ISM team under the command of Sen. Yair Hanuna.
The meeting was also attended by the deputy commander of the Tel Aviv district, David Filo.
Minister Bar-Lev said: “It is a great honor for me to meet you after such an incident. There was a small gap between what you were able to prevent, and a terrorist incident with many casualties that we unfortunately experienced both in Dizengoff and in other places several months ago. This happened thanks to two things: one, the professionalism Yours. Without professionalism, nothing will work; the second thing is the initiative. To see, do and make a decision, and the action is impressive. Here we see Israeliness at its best: Sherif from Shfaram, a man who immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia at the age of 16, and the policemen who helped them are veterans. This is a police force Israel and this is the State of Israel and these are the citizens of the State of Israel. You are expressing the police’s protection of the citizens, and also the cooperation between everyone, regardless of religion or origin. With only one thing to do: the State of Israel and the mission.”
The certificate of appreciation states that it is given to police officers “for their initiative, determination, courage and pursuit of contact that prevented a terrorist attack in the heart of the State of Israel and saved human lives.”
Photo: Spokesperson for the Minister of Internal Security
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