Attack on Haifa stall owner: Police point to nationalist motive

The Haifa Magistrate's Court extended the arrest of Gilad Hildesheim, a 40-year-old resident of the Neve Yosef neighborhood, by three days. He is suspected of assaulting George Abu Shakara, the owner of a falafel stand in the Wadi Nisnas neighborhood early in the morning. The police attribute a nationalist motive to the attack, citing the ethnic affiliation of the suspect (Jewish) and the victim (Arab). Hildesheim, through his attorney Leonid Parkhovnik from the Public Defender's Office, claims it is a case of mistaken identity. The police representative, Chief Inspector Lital Tal Shahar, stated that the material suggests the suspect was intoxicated but admitted that no videos or medical documents regarding Abu Shakara's injury are available. Judge Nurit Hertzman Avi-Yitzhak noted that a document presented to her indicates an apparent direct identification of the suspect. Another suspect has not yet been located.

The Haifa Magistrate's Court has extended the arrest of Gilad Hildesheim, a 40-year-old resident of the Neve Yosef neighborhood, by three days. He is suspected of assaulting George Abu Shakara, the owner of a falafel stand in the Wadi Nisnas neighborhood early in the morning. The police attribute a nationalist motive to the attack, citing the ethnic affiliation of the suspect (Jewish) and the victim (Arab). Hildesheim, through his attorney Leonid Parkhovnik from the Public Defender's Office, claims it is a case of mistaken identity. The police representative, Chief Inspector Lital Tal Shahar, stated in the hearing that the material suggests the suspect was intoxicated but admitted that no videos or medical documents regarding Abu Shakara's injury are available. Judge Nurit Hertzman Avi-Yitzhak noted that a document presented to her indicates an apparent direct identification of the suspect. Another suspect has not yet been located. The article includes social media footage of a police car.