Childhood friends, 27, were shot dead in a Tel Aviv bar when a ‘terrorist’ gunman opened fire before fleeing
TWO childhood friends were killed and eight injured after a suspected terrorist gunman opened fire at a tourist hotspot in Tel Aviv before fleeing.
Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian gunman after an hour-long manhunt through the city following the attack – the latest in a string of deadly street attacks that have killed 13 people.
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Buddies Tomer Morad and Eytam Magini, both 27, were in a bar when the gunman aimed at several spots on Dizengoff Street, which is one of Tel Aviv’s busiest pedestrian streets.
They were both shot dead, while eight others were injured, four of whom are said to be in critical condition, according to Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital.
Residents were warned not to leave their homes and stay away from windows while hundreds of Israeli security officers, aided by a searchlight-equipped helicopter, scoured the streets in a desperate search for the lone gunman.
Officials found the gunman hiding near a mosque in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency said.
The attacker was killed in an exchange of fire, the authorities said.
Shin Bet identified the gunman as Ra’ad Hazem, a 28-year-old Palestinian from Jenin, a city in the occupied West Bank, who was in Israel illegally.
“Our city is in deep mourning,” said Kfar Saba Mayor Rafi Sa’ar times of Israel.
“My heart goes out to the families of the victims.”
A victim told Channel 13 News the shooting started outside a bar.
They said: “I saw the window shatter and suddenly I felt like I had been hit in the back. I left and suddenly felt a lot of blood.
“A friend helped me, neighbors, they took me to a house, held my back to stop the flow of blood. Then the ambulance came and picked me up.”
Evelyn Gertz, 34, who was eating next door, told the Times of Israel: “We ducked under the tables and people started crying, it was horrible.”
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
It comes as four Israelis were killed in a knife attack in Be’er Sheva on March 22.
Less than a week later, two border police officers were killed in a shootout in Hadera.
Meanwhile, two were Israeli citizens and two were Ukrainian nationals, as well as one civil servant gunned down in an attack in Bnei Brak on March 30th.
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https://www.the-sun.com/news/5076120/two-people-killed-shooting-tel-aviv/ Childhood friends, 27, were shot dead in a Tel Aviv bar when a ‘terrorist’ gunman opened fire before fleeing