Alleged terrorist flew to Israel just days after being dropped from Canadian reserves
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On July 22, 2023, Israeli authorities killed Zachareah Quraishi of Airdrie following an attempted terror attack on an Israeli settlement near the northern Gaza Strip border.
Within twelve days of his July 10, 2023 release from the Canadian Armed Forces reserves, Zachareah Quraishi of Airdrie, Alta., bought a plane ticket to Israel, rented a car, and acquired a large kitchen knife.
On July 22, Israeli authorities report a 21-year-old attempted a terror attack on Netiv Ha’asara, a gated village of 900 near the northern Gaza Strip border. Video shows guards firing at him after multiple ignored warnings to stand down. He was shot dead while yelling, "Free Palestine."
The National Post reported Quraishi was a former Canadian Army Reserve soldier. According to the Department of National Defence, he enlisted July 17, 2023, completed Basic Military Qualification December 6, 2023, and was released July 10, 2024, after serving with a Calgary unit.
The department refused to state why he was released, with Andrée-Anne Poulin from the office citing the Privacy Act for protecting the "specific nature" of his release as personal information.
On Remembrance Day, November 11, Zachareah’s father, Adam Quraishi (a teacher at Siksika and Calgary Islamic School), posted photos of his son in a Canadian Armed Forces uniform next to his veteran great-grandfather, George Reed. The post seemingly implied his son, an alleged attempted terrorist, should be honoured as a war veteran.
“War is never a solution,” he wrote. “The act of killing civilians and individuals who are not fighting, especially in an AI-driven world where images can be easily manipulated, is incredibly risky.”
Adam alleges his son was killed for "looking too Palestinian." He has repeatedly claimed Israel wrongfully targeted his son, stating in a May 21 Facebook fundraiser that his son was killed 12 hours after arriving in Israel while "hoping to save lives," a claim confirmed by their family doctor.
The IDF reported a Canadian national, later identified as Zachareah, had threatened a rapid response team at the entrance of Netiv Ha’asara. The team responded with fire, neutralizing the suspect. No security forces were injured.
“The suspect is a foreign national who arrived in the area from within Israeli territory, and not from the Gaza Strip,” the IDF told the National Post. Continue…