Israeli Election Candidate Attacked, Hospitalized
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Sharshar HaMelech, a candidate in the recent Israeli election, was assaulted and hospitalized on Sunday in Glilot. He sustained injuries to his knees and hands after an attacker fled the scene, causing him to fall. HaMelech alleged that the Shin Bet enabled the attack and suggested it was an assassination attempt.
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- Candidate Sharshar HaMelech was violently attacked and hospitalized on Sunday.
- HaMelech sustained injuries to his knees and hands in the assault.
- He claimed the Shin Bet enabled the attack and suggested an assassination attempt.
- The candidate had previously declared Benjamin Netanyahu would be his foreign minister.
- HaMelech had submitted a list to the Knesset.
Sharshar HaMelech, a colorful candidate in the recent election cycle, was violently assaulted and taken to the hospital on Sunday. He reported that an individual attacked him in Glilot, then fled, causing HaMelech to fall and sustain injuries to his knees and hands. "You won't believe I'm in the hospital, in pain. Why are they doing this?" he stated.
In a video posted to his Instagram account, HaMelech claimed that the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) created an opening for him to be attacked. He asserted that he had requested security, stating, "I am not a regular person." He further alleged that the attackers' actions implied an intention to assassinate him, questioning his own wrongdoing.
HaMelech, who previously presented himself as a unifying figure capable of leading the nation, had declared that if elected, Benjamin Netanyahu would serve as his foreign minister. He had also submitted a list to the Knesset (parliament).