{"id":2441686,"date":"2025-06-02T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-know-about-the-boulder-attack-targeting-pro-israel-group\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T09:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:30:03","slug":"what-we-know-about-the-boulder-attack-targeting-pro-israel-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-know-about-the-boulder-attack-targeting-pro-israel-group\/","title":{"rendered":"What we know about the Boulder attack targeting pro-Israel group"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-we-know-about-the-boulder-attack-targeting-pro-israel-group%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2441686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A bombing incident in Boulder, Colorado, targeting the pro-Israel group &#8220;Run for Their Lives,&#8221; left eight peopel injured on Sunday. The attack occurred during a walk advocating for the release of Jewish hostages held by Hamas. The assailant, identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national illegally in the U.S., used a flamethrower and incendiary devices during the assault, shouting &#8220;Free Palestine.&#8221; The victims, aged 52 to 88, included Rabbi Israel Wilhelm, a holocaust survivor.The FBI is investigating the attack as a case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-wray-domestic-terrorism-tracking-has-exploded-fbi-has-prioritized-threat-from-white-supremacy\/\" title=\"FBI Director Wray: Domestic Terrorism Tracking Has \u2018Exploded,\u2019 FBI Has \u2018Prioritized\u2019 Threat From \u2018White Supremacy\u2019\">ideologically motivated violence<\/a>, and officials have condemned it as an act of antisemitism. Responses from political leaders highlighted the increasing dangers faced by the Jewish community. The &#8220;Run for Their Lives&#8221; initiative was created to raise awareness about hostages taken by Hamas, asserting that the global community must rally against such crises. Security concerns for the event had reportedly been raised prior to the incident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">What we know about Boulder attack targeting pro-Israel Run for Their Lives group<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2137435\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Details of the attack on a pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> group in Colorado continue to emerge after the bombing stunned the country on Sunday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The attack<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3428018\/suspect-identified-terrorist-attack-pro-israel-event-colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> took place<\/a> in Boulder, Colorado, around 1:30 p.m. Sunday as the Run for Their Lives group participated in a walk calling for the release of Jewish hostages held captive by Hamas in Gaza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3428018\/suspect-identified-terrorist-attack-pro-israel-event-colorado\/\">Suspect identified in terrorist attack at pro-Israel event in Boulder, Colorado<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3427731\/law-enforcement-40-states-partnering-ice\/\">Law enforcement agencies in 40 states are partnering with ICE program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3426654\/government-employee-arrested-classified-information-sharing-kash-patel\/\">Government employee arrested after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-enforcement-agencies-in-40-states-are-partnering-with-ice-program-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Law enforcement agencies in 40 states are partnering with ICE program - Washington Examiner\">classified information sharing attempt<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Eight people, including senior citizens, were injured after a man yelling &ldquo;Free Palestine&rdquo; set participants on fire using &ldquo;a makeshift flamethrower&rdquo; and threw an incendiary device into the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDDBongino\/status\/1929320944830722101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">investigating<\/a> the incident as a targeted terrorist attack and an act of &ldquo;ideologically motivated violence,&rdquo; has identified Mohamed Sabry Soliman as a suspect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is the suspect?<\/h2>\n<p>Soliman is an Egyptian national who has been in the United States illegally since 2022, having allegedly overstayed his visa granted during the Biden administration, according to a Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mohamed-sabry-soliman-what-we-know-about-illegal-immigrant-accused-colorado-terror-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">report<\/a>. The Trump administration appeared to confirm the revelations late Sunday evening when White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller condemned the Biden-era &ldquo;suicidal migration&rdquo; policy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A terror attack was committed in Boulder, Colorado by an illegal alien,&rdquo; Miller<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenM\/status\/1929354625104109637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was granted a tourist visa by the Biden Administration and then he illegally overstayed that visa. In response, the Biden Administration gave him a work permit,&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s top adviser said. &ldquo;Suicidal migration must be fully reversed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was shirtless, yelling at the crowd and holding two containers of clear liquid in his hands. He was arrested at the scene. Charges haven&rsquo;t been announced, but officials promised to hold him &ldquo;fully accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A terror attack was committed in Boulder, Colorado by an illegal alien. He was granted a tourist visa by the Biden Administration and then he illegally overstayed that visa. In response, the Biden Administration gave him a work permit.<\/p>\n<p>Suicidal migration must be fully reversed.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen Miller (@StephenM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenM\/status\/1929354625104109637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who are the victims?<\/h2>\n<p>Four women and four men, who ranged in age from 52 to 88, were injured during the Sunday attack, according to police. Some were left with severe wounds from burns after a man hurled a Molotov cocktail and used a flamethrower at the Run for Their Lives group.&nbsp;Two victims were flown to a nearby hospital&rsquo;s burn unit via helicopter, according to UCHealth.<\/p>\n<p>The eldest victim, Rabbi Israel Wilhelm, was a Holocaust survivor and the Chabad director at the University of Colorado Boulder. <\/p>\n<p>The attack happened at the start of Shavuot, a Jewish holiday that is marked with the reading of the Torah. It occurred days after police arrested a man who appeared to be a pro-Palestinian activist<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3420118\/elias-rodriguez-federal-charges-first-degree-murder-israeli-embassy-staffers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> for allegedly killing two Jews <\/a>at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Law enforcement officials investigate after an attack on the Pearl Street Mall Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Run for Their Lives?<\/h2>\n<p>Run for Their Lives was started by a group of Jewish people living in California, <a href=\"https:\/\/run4lives.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a> its website. The group hosts a short walk or run every week in events across the country to advocate the release of hostages Hamas took on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t need to be Jewish or Israeli to be disturbed by this crisis&mdash;all people around the world should be,&rdquo; the website says. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Innocent children, women, the elderly, and young people should not be living in tunnels 20 meters underground for over a year&mdash;they should be in their homes with their families. Until this crisis is resolved, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >world risks normalizing<\/a> this unbearable situation. Our focus is not on the &lsquo;how&rsquo; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-pro-palestinian-protesters-shut-down-manhattan-bridge\/\" title=\"Pro-Palestinian protesters close Manhattan Bridge during Israel conflict\">pressure world leaders<\/a> or military pressure). We are solely focused on the &lsquo;what&rsquo;: doing everything possible to bring them home!&rdquo; it continues.<\/p>\n<p>One of the group&rsquo;s organizers, Omer Shachar, told CBS News that he reached out multiple times about enhancing security for the event. The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to Boulder police for confirmation. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How are officials responding?<\/h2>\n<p>The FBI was in Boulder within two hours, according to Director Kash Patel. Deputy Director Dan Bongino said the attack is being investigated as an act of &ldquo;ideologically motivated violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the attack, saying the victims were targeted by the &ldquo;cold blood perpetrator&rdquo; because &ldquo;they were Jews.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovernorShapiro\/status\/1929337396341940642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">decried<\/a> the attack as a &ldquo;heinous act of antisemitism,&rdquo; while Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) condemned the Egyptian suspect for targeting people for &ldquo;peacefully marching to draw attention to the plight of the hostages who have been held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza for 604 days.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/breaking-news\/3419215\/two-killed-in-shooting-outside-capital-jewish-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TWO ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFF MEMBERS KILLED IN SHOOTING OUTSIDE CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the American Jewish community continues to reel from the horrific antisemitic murders in Washington, D.C., it is unfathomable that the Jewish community is facing another terror attack here in Boulder, on the eve of the holiday of Shavuot no less,&rdquo; Polis <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovofCO\/status\/1929349985583370383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The suspect should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,&rdquo; he continued. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2137435\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2137435\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details are unfolding about the Boulder attack on the pro-Israel Run for Their Lives group, which occurred around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2441687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Boulder-Terrorist-Attack.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56352,4133,56353],"class_list":["post-2441686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-boulder-attack","tag-news","tag-pro-israel-group"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Boulder-Terrorist-Attack.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441686"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441690,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441686\/revisions\/2441690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}