Failed car bomber released in Oct 7 deal gave video speech at Berkeley classroom

Apr 23, 2026 10:47 am | Jpost

Israa al-Jaabis (L), a 32-year-old Palestinian woman who detonated a small bomb on October 11, 2015 on the highway leading from the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim to Jerusalem, arrives for her sentencing hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem on November 7, 2016. (photo credit: AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)
Jaabis was released in November 2023 as part of a ransom for 26 hostages captured by Gazans during the October 7 Massacre, according to the BBC.
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