Five people were killed in a shooting spree in Bnei Brak on Tuesday evening. The shooting was first reported around 8:00 p.m. on HaShnaim Street. One person was found killed in a car and two other people were killed on a sidewalk nearby.
Another person was found dead on Herzl Street, perpendicular to HaShnaim Street. A fifth victim, a police officer, was evacuated to the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in critical condition and died from his wounds soon after.
The shooter’s body was found on Jabotinsky Street after he was shot by a police officer who arrived at the scene on a motorcycle. Another person was arrested at the scene and investigated on the scene on suspicion of assisting the shooter, and a third person was arrested later on further east on Jabotinsky Street.
“The Tel Aviv operation emphasizes the unity of the Palestinian people everywhere they live,” Hamas official Mushir al-Masri tells a radio station affiliated with the terror group.
Islamic Jihad also praises the attack — the third in the past week. “This is the harbinger of our people’s operations to come deep inside the [Zionist] entity,” senior Islamic Jihad official Ahmad al-Mudalil says.
One perpetrator, reportedly 26-year-old Diaa Hamarsheh from Ya’abad, near Jenin, was shot and killed by police on the scene. In videos from social media, a few dozen young Palestinian men can be seen gathering in the town chanting slogans supporting the gunmen.
