After infiltrating Israel on 29 January 2007, Saqsaq made his way to Eilat, and when he was in the Simchon neighborhood, he hitched with an Israeli man who was senior officer in the IDF reserves, Lt. Col. Yossi Waltinsky. Waltinsky stated later on in an interview with Channel 10 that he had suspected the hitchhiker was up to something, mainly due to his suspicious heavy clothing and lack of knowledge of Hebrew, nevertheless, he was not able do anything at that point until the suspicious passenger was out of his car.
Following his entry into Israel on January 29, 2007, Saqsaq encountered an Israeli man, Lt. Col. Yossi Waltinsky, who was a reserve officer in the IDF. Waltinsky had initial reservations about the hitchhiker's intentions due to his unusual behavior and language abilities.