Five people were killed in a shootout in the city Bnei Braknear Tel Aviv, in at least two different locations, according to Israeli media. At least one person is seriously injured. After the first reconstruction, two gunmen opened fire Ramat Gan where they killed four people. Then they moved to a second location in the same town where they beat two more people and then to a third location in Bnei Brak.
One of the shooters was neutralized and killed while the other is in police custody. The release Naftali Bennet has called an extraordinary security meeting on the current situation in the country for 10 p.m. (local time). The meeting will be attended by the police chief, the minister of public security, the army chief of staff and the director of the Shin Bet. “Israel is facing a deadly wave of Arab terrorism. Our security forces operate. We will fight terrorism with determination, tenacity and an iron fist. Nobody will take us away from here. We will win“.
The perpetrator of the attack in Bnei Brak (Tel Aviv) is a Palestinian originally from the West Bank, according to Israeli media, who identified him as Diab Hamarsha, 27, originally from the village of Yabed near Jenin. According to Israel Police spokesman Ely Levi, he was “neutralized” by three agents after carrying out two separate phases of the attack on two different streets of the city.
Cheerful messages were posted to gaza from Hamas and from Islamic Jihad. The armed struggle continues, blessed be the hands of the heroes,” Mushir alMasri, a Hamas spokesman, said on Twitter. Ahmed alMudallal (Islamic Jihad) noted that today’s attack follows this week’s attack by Beersheva and Hadera. “This shows that the resistance is in a new phase. It is a single campaign involving all Palestinians: in Gaza, in the West Bank, in Jerusalem and in the 1948 countries, that is, Israel.
the Palestinian President Abu Mazen condemned the terrorist attack: “The killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians only aggravates the situation as we all strive for stability,” Abu Mazen said in a statement.