Israeli law enforcement officers have eliminated a terrorist, who went on a deadly shooting spree in downtown Tel Aviv on Thursday night, Israel’s Ynet news reported on its website Friday.
An armed suspect went on a shooting spree on the night of April 7 on Dizengoff Street, in downtown Tel Aviv, killing two and wounding at least 12 more people, with some of them sustaining severe injuries.
According to Ynet, "The forces from the Shin Bet internal security agency and police special anti-terror unit Yamam located the gunman near a mosque in the Jaffa quarter of the city and killed him in an exchange of fire. There were no casualties reported among the security forces."
"He [the assailant] was identified as 28-year-old Ra’ad Hazem, a resident of the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank who was in Israel illegally after being denied an entry permit under security considerations due to his affiliation with the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades," Ynet reported.
Commenting on the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was quoted by the news web portal as saying: "We maintain maximum vigilance within Tel Aviv and throughout the country for fear of further incidents or copycat attacks."
"Our war against murderous terrorism is long and hard. We will win," Bennett vowed.
