Israeli press reports revealed that the occupation army's spokesman for the Arab media, Avichay Adraee, was the target of assassination in a ransacking and stabbing operation that took place in mid-January. The double ramming and stabbing attack in Raanana in Tel Aviv resulted in the death of an Israeli woman and the injury of at least 20, the condition of some of whom was described as critical and dangerous.

The "Shabakat" program monitored the interaction of social media platforms between those who doubted the truth of what the Israeli police reported regarding the assassination attempt.