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Gunmen Open Fire in Tel Aviv, Leaving at Least Three Dead Palestinian Gunmen Open Fire in Tel Aviv, Leaving Three Dead
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JERUSALEM — At least two gunmen opened fire on civilians in a popular restaurant area in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night, killing three and wounding several others, the Israeli police and hospital officials said. JERUSALEM — Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on civilians in a popular restaurant area in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night, killing three and wounding several others, the Israeli police and hospital officials said.
The police called the shootings a terrorist attack. According to initial reports, security officers shot at least one of the assailants near the scene. The police called the shootings a terrorist attack. According to initial reports, security officers shot one of the assailants near the scene.
The identities of the assailants were not immediately clear. The police said that one was being treated in an Israeli hospital. The assailants were identified by the police as Palestinian cousins in their 20s from the town of Yatta, which is south of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The wounded gunman was being treated in an Israeli hospital, and the second gunman was under arrest, the police said. The condition of the second man was not immediately known.
The shootings in Tel Aviv were among the deadliest attacks in the seaside city since a wave of Palestinian assaults began in October in Jerusalem and the West Bank and spread to cities around Israel.The shootings in Tel Aviv were among the deadliest attacks in the seaside city since a wave of Palestinian assaults began in October in Jerusalem and the West Bank and spread to cities around Israel.
More than two dozen Israelis and two American visitors have been killed in those assaults. Most died from stabbings, though there have also been several shootings. More than two dozen Israelis and two American visitors have been killed in those assaults. Most were killed in stabbings, though there have also been several shootings.
The Wednesday evening shootings took place in and around the Sarona complex, an open-air district of entertainment and shopping in central Tel Aviv close to Israel’s military headquarters. The Wednesday evening shootings took place in and around the Sarona complex, an open-air entertainment and shopping district in central Tel Aviv close to Israel’s military headquarters.
Television images showed people fleeing the area. Witnesses said the police were searching for explosives, and possibly for another assailant. Television images showed people fleeing the area. Witnesses said the police were searching for explosives.
Ofer Newman, a witness, said that four gunshots rang out, scattering people in all directions, and that they were quickly followed by a second burst of fire. “In between the two bursts, police and security forces started to run around in search of the source of fire,” he told Army Radio.Ofer Newman, a witness, said that four gunshots rang out, scattering people in all directions, and that they were quickly followed by a second burst of fire. “In between the two bursts, police and security forces started to run around in search of the source of fire,” he told Army Radio.
Yaniv Tamuz, another witness, said the police had instructed people to lock themselves inside shops and restaurants. “I am in a pizzeria on Kaplan Street,” he said. “We heard gunfire and immediately people started running in our direction, and we locked ourselves in the shop.”Yaniv Tamuz, another witness, said the police had instructed people to lock themselves inside shops and restaurants. “I am in a pizzeria on Kaplan Street,” he said. “We heard gunfire and immediately people started running in our direction, and we locked ourselves in the shop.”
In January two Israelis were killed in a shooting attack outside a bar in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Street. The assailant in that case was an Arab citizen of northern Israel. The manager of the Sarona branch of Max Brenner, a cafe specializing in chocolate, told the Israeli news site Ynet that the gunmen had posed as customers and had sat and ordered food before they took weapons out of their bags and began shooting.
The manager was not identified by name. A bartender at Max Brenner, Yusuf Jabarin, told Israel’s Channel 2 television that he had seen the two men sitting and ordering and that they were dressed in black suits, “like lawyers.”
Mr. Jabarin, an Arab, said that he had initially fled in fear but quickly returned to the cafe to try to help the victims.
In January, two Israelis were killed in a shooting attack outside a bar in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Street. The assailant in that case was an Arab citizen of northern Israel.
In March, a Palestinian assailant went on a stabbing rampage along a coastal promenade near Tel Aviv, killing an American combat veteran who was a graduate student at Vanderbilt University.In March, a Palestinian assailant went on a stabbing rampage along a coastal promenade near Tel Aviv, killing an American combat veteran who was a graduate student at Vanderbilt University.