Six people were killed and nine wounded in a terror attack in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday evening.
Two terrorists, who were identified as Muhammad Chalaf Sahar Rajab and Hassan Muhammad Hassan Tamimi from Hebron in the West Bank, went on a “killing spree” according to police, opening fire at people waiting for the light rail in Jaffa.
They were both shot dead by security personnel and citizens using personal firearms.
Five of the wounded remained in serious condition, including a child.
Footage filmed from a balcony on a nearby building showed bodies lying on the ground at the station while gunshots could be heard in the background.
Dozens of police and counter-terrorist forces arrived at the scene to secure the area and look for other terrorists.
Medical volunteer Rom Ella said a passerby “told us that there were also injured people on nearby streets, and additional medics were there and continued to other scenes.”
“Some of the injured people we treated were unconscious, Mr Ella said, adding that the medics operated on four streets.
Surveillance footage showed the two armed terrorists roaming the area in what appeared to be during the attack.
“I saw a terrorist shoot a girl who was on the floor and another girl, then I saw the terrorist shoot a man on a bicycle who fell to the floor, but I don’t think he wasn’t hurt. At that moment, a civilian arrived with a gun and shot the terrorist,” an eyewitness told Haaretz Daily.
Police initially believed the shooting attack was criminal as the area’s crime rate is high. But after hearing shouts of “Allah Akbar,” they arrived at the scene, according to the Jerusalem Post.
The attack happened shortly before Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel, setting off sirens across the whole country, including the area where the terror attack took place.
In July, a Palestinian from the West Bank attempted to carry out a suicide attack in Tel Aviv, when the explosive device hidden in his backpack detonated before he reached his destination.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack and later vowed to unleash more suicide attacks against Israel in response to the war in Gaza.
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