Nimr Mahmoud al-Jamal of the West Bank village of Beit Surik opened fire at the gate to the nearby Israeli settlement of Har Adar on Sept. 26, killing a policeman and two security guards. The terror attack reignited the ongoing argument between the Israeli political echelon and defense officials — Ministry of Defense, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet — regarding the profile of would-be terrorists.
Jamal, married and a father of four, does not fit the composite of potential terrorists drawn up by the security establishment during the second Palestinian intifada (2000-2005), and amended to reflect the renewed wave of terror attacks against Israelis that began in September 2015.