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01-01-2016, 02:46 PM
TEL AVIV -- A gunman opened fire on a bar in central Tel Aviv on Friday, killing at least two people and wounding seven others.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports (http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.694926) that the shooter fled the scene. Authorities apprehended a suspect on a nearby street.
The motive of the attack, which took place just off Dizengoff Street, a café-filled main street, was not yet clear.
Nati Shakked, owner of the Simta bar, which was hit by gunfire on Dizengoff Street, told Reuters (http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-palestinians-idUKKBN0UF1U120160101) that (http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-palestinians-idUKKBN0UF1U120160101)the assailant had waited on a bench outside before taking a machine gun out of a bag and "shooting in every direction."
A video captured the graphic moment the attacker opened fire.
Lily, an owner of a nearby beauty salon who was in the bar at the time, told HuffPost she initially thought the sounds of the gunshots were New Year's noisemakers. When she realized it was a shooting, she dropped to the ground and hid under the bar.
Another woman who was in the bar told reporters (https://twitter.com/MegRobertson/status/682923601192943616) of Israel's Channel 2 that she and seven others hid in a storage closet in the basement of a bar during the attack, "lying down" on the door to keep it from being penetrated.
"Our whole body was shaking," she said. "There were very big booms, tremblings -- it all happened above us. Mostly it was gunshots."
Police lines deeper near café where shooting occured. #Dizingoff (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dizingoff?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/3NVqpdEjEk (https://t.co/3NVqpdEjEk)
— Meg Robertson (@MegRobertson) January 1, 2016 (https://twitter.com/MegRobertson/status/682922099074281472)
While the identity and motive of the shooter remain unknown, the attack comes amid a period of heightened violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Palestinians have killed 19 Israelis and an American (http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-woman-killed-after-trying-ram-car-israel-border-guards-217044938) since the start of October, mostly in spontaneous stabbings or car-ramming attacks. Israeli security forces have killed 142 Palestinians over the same period, according to the Palestinian health ministry (http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=30296) -- a figure that includes suspected Palestinian assailants shot dead and Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli troops.
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Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports (http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.694926) that the shooter fled the scene. Authorities apprehended a suspect on a nearby street.
The motive of the attack, which took place just off Dizengoff Street, a café-filled main street, was not yet clear.
Nati Shakked, owner of the Simta bar, which was hit by gunfire on Dizengoff Street, told Reuters (http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-palestinians-idUKKBN0UF1U120160101) that (http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-palestinians-idUKKBN0UF1U120160101)the assailant had waited on a bench outside before taking a machine gun out of a bag and "shooting in every direction."
A video captured the graphic moment the attacker opened fire.
Lily, an owner of a nearby beauty salon who was in the bar at the time, told HuffPost she initially thought the sounds of the gunshots were New Year's noisemakers. When she realized it was a shooting, she dropped to the ground and hid under the bar.
Another woman who was in the bar told reporters (https://twitter.com/MegRobertson/status/682923601192943616) of Israel's Channel 2 that she and seven others hid in a storage closet in the basement of a bar during the attack, "lying down" on the door to keep it from being penetrated.
"Our whole body was shaking," she said. "There were very big booms, tremblings -- it all happened above us. Mostly it was gunshots."
Police lines deeper near café where shooting occured. #Dizingoff (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dizingoff?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/3NVqpdEjEk (https://t.co/3NVqpdEjEk)
— Meg Robertson (@MegRobertson) January 1, 2016 (https://twitter.com/MegRobertson/status/682922099074281472)
While the identity and motive of the shooter remain unknown, the attack comes amid a period of heightened violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Palestinians have killed 19 Israelis and an American (http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-woman-killed-after-trying-ram-car-israel-border-guards-217044938) since the start of October, mostly in spontaneous stabbings or car-ramming attacks. Israeli security forces have killed 142 Palestinians over the same period, according to the Palestinian health ministry (http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=30296) -- a figure that includes suspected Palestinian assailants shot dead and Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli troops.
Also on HuffPost:
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