Asi Medina, an eyewitness to the shooting attack in Hadera, who he and his wife documented the minutes of terror in their car while caught in the incident, recounted in a conversation with Ben Caspit Winon Magal on 103FM the long moments he hears the shooting bundles and realizes he is at the scene. During the interview, Medina attacked the justice system and claimed: “I wish they would let us arm ourselves, we are not afraid, we want to defend ourselves. If such a person is already released from prison, at least I can defend myself.”
Already at the opening, Asi, who lives with his wife and children in Hadera, explained how it happened that he found himself at the heart of the incident that claimed the lives of two border fighters: “I told my wife Orly that we would go to the bank for a moment. We thought of taking the kids too and doing a round with them, but for some reason I said at the last minute ‘let’s go together’. My mother came to look after the children and we went, we thought there would be something nimble. I left the bank and at 8:40 PM I heard bundles, I thought it was explosives. “
“A motorcycle is coming in front of me, I see it on time. I said ‘there is something here’, my wife straight away said ‘this is an attack’. I recovered, I stopped the vehicle about 40 meters from the terrorists. I see two figures on the road, stepping on M-16 and one of the terrorists “We see everything, I tell Orly ‘bend over.’ I try to move and drive backwards, but understand that the vehicle was hit,” Medina said.
He added: “At this point I see the terrorists shifting their heads to the other side, I see the soldiers came and started a shootout, I said to my wife ‘It’s time, run away’. The soldiers arrived in seconds, supervision from God simply. “Driving another ten meters, they were in the area of the restaurants, I do not want to think what would have happened. They would have walked another 10 meters ahead and there was a big surprise. All the soldiers were sitting there.”
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At this point, Medina discovered that he was working on a truck and traveling around the country and was therefore aware of what was happening on the ground: “Hadera experienced terrorist attacks. You are driving on the road, and you dream, ‘It can happen to me. Every citizen in Israel can be exposed. And you see I’m telling her, ‘Do not go out.’ People who will not get there. “
The witness elaborated on the shootout between the border soldiers and the two terrorists: “Someone came towards the terrorists, he fled to the left to the alley and they ran after him. Then they went back in our direction and then there was the encounter. I saw the shots, I saw one of them stumbled. But it’s in seconds, lucky someone recovered the first second he heard the shot and approached the matter. It was the creator of the world of this thing. If they were coming our way, what should I do? Just run away while they shoot at me. “
At this point Asi criticized the justice system for saying that although an indictment had been filed against one of the terrorists in the past, after trying to join ISIS in Turkey, he was released after only a year and a half: “I wish they would give us weapons, we can defend ourselves. We are not afraid. Yahavi, who am I hanging him on? Every citizen in this country, in whom? In a judge. If you do not belong to any criminal organization, you get some 10 or 12 years. Terrorist organization – you get a few days and go home. “This minority, this extremist, if you do not fight it bitterly. One such that belongs somewhere, it should be 100 years, 200 years.”
“I wish they would let us arm ourselves. We are not afraid of anyone, we want to protect ourselves. We do not want a wild west here, but come on, we are in the heart of the country. “If he’s released, then let me defend myself, let me arm myself.