Aliadov was able to obtain Israeli citizenship thanks to Israel’s Law of Return, which allows any Jew or person with at least one Jewish grandparent to become an Israeli citizen.

Source: https://themedialine.org/top-stories/strained-sometimes-violent-relations-russian-speaking-israelis-face-divide-around-war-in-ukraine/

But reports in Hebrew-language media indicated that the man was an Israeli citizen and not a terrorist.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-man-shot-dead-by-police-after-reportedly-being-mistaken-for-terrorist/

Charity worker Leigh Humpage, who used to live in and is an Israeli citizen as well as British, was visiting friends in Raanana, a small city in the centre of the country, when Palestinian militant group launched an attack.

Source: https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/lancaster-charity-worker-stranded-in-israel-says-she-will-join-army-to-help-defend-her-other-country-4369927

Her husband, an Israeli citizen, also died.

Source: https://kwos.com/2023/10/woman-with-ties-to-columbia-is-killed-in-israel/

That’s enough time to marry an Israeli citizen, find work, and petition the courts to be awarded Israeli citizenship.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/palestinian-authority/thank-you-mr-biden-more-than-12000-us-arabs-entered-israel-from-the-pa-in-visa-waiver-program/2023/08/21/

The attacker was identified as an Israeli citizen and resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/activists-in-east-jerusalem-call-for-general-strike-civil-disobedience/