Attack in Tel Aviv Believed to Be Terrorist Act, Multiple Casualties

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RedState

At least 10 Israelis were wounded in Tel Aviv Tuesday—four of them critically--according to breaking reports. Fox News at this hour is saying that there were at least two gunmen and that several victims may have been killed by what appears to be a terrorist attack.

 

The attack occurred Tuesday evening in the Jaffa, a city in central Israel.

Israeli security forces are currently determining whether the shooting was a terror attack. The shooting occurred near a light rail station in the central Israeli city.

Magen David Adom announced that the incident involved multiple causalities. 

Videos from the scenes show several bodies lying on the ground.

Fox News’ Trey Yingst adds that “there is no indication that gunmen have been stopped,” although other reports claim that two gunmen were shot dead. :snip:

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Israel Says It Intercepted Multiple Missiles

Multiple impact sites have been reported of either shrapnel or rocket impacts in Tel Aviv, near the Dead Sea, in the south and in the Sharon region.

Magen David Adom says there are no immediate reports of injuries. Eli Bin, the head of MDA, says hundreds of missiles are being fired. “We have no reports of injuries,” he tells Channel 12.

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Six victims of Jaffa terror attack named, as more details about shooting emerge
Ben Gvir suggests nearby mosque was connected to shooting, should be destroyed; in fact, terrorists threatened worshippers there before carrying out the attack, congregants say
ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Oct. 2 2024

Top (L-R): Inbar Segev Vigder, Shahar Goldman; Bottom (L-R): Nadia Sokolenco, Ilia Nozadze; all four were killed in a shooting-and-stabbing terror attack in Jaffa on October 1, 2024. (Photos used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Authorities on Wednesday named six of the seven people killed in Tuesday night’s terror attack at a light rail station in Jaffa, as new details emerged on the two terrorists who carried it out, and the Israeli military imposed a closure on their hometown of Hebron in the West Bank.

Seven people were killed and 16 others wounded in the attack on the Tel Aviv light rail and a nearby road in Jaffa, in one of the deadliest terror attacks in recent memory.

The five victims were named on Wednesday as Revital Bronstein, 24, from Bat Yam; Ilia Nozadze, 42, a Georgian citizen; Shahar Goldman, 30 from Lod; Inbar Segev Vigder, 33, and Nadia Sokolenco, 40. The identities of two further victims were not yet cleared for publication.

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The terrorists, meanwhile, were named as Mohammad Mesek, 19, who was killed at the scene, and Ahmed Himouni, 25, who was seriously injured. Both men are Palestinians from the West Bank city of Hebron who were in Israel proper without a permit.

Diana Svertzov, an Israeli rhythmic gymnast who won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, was at the light rail station at the time of the attack, and told Channel 12 that the terrorists did not seem suspicious, and one of them was wearing a pin representing solidarity with Israelis held hostage in Gaza by the Hamas terror group.

“One of them looked at my Olympics necklace and smiled at me. They didn’t look like terrorists. One of them had an M16 rifle, and the other one was in a polo shirt, with a hostage pin. There was no reason to be suspicious. It never crossed my mind, what was about to happen,” she said.

Reservists in Israel are often seen carrying rifles while wearing their civilian clothes.

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It was also revealed on Wednesday that before carrying out the attack, the terrorists entered the Al-Nuzha Mosque, stashed their bags in the mosque’s bathroom, and threatened worshippers not to leave.

One of the terrorists “opened the door, with an M16 in his hand,” Ali, a member of the congregation, told the Ynet news site. He noted that the terrorist had entered the mosque through the women’s entrance.

Two terrorists seen carrying out a deadly attack in Jaffa, October 1, 2024 (X screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)

“He just peeked his head in, and said, ‘Nobody go outside! Anyone who goes out is a dead man,’ and he left. The second one waited outside. They closed the doors, we called the police, and we heard shooting,” Ali said.

Another congregant, identified only by his first Hebrew initial Dalet, told Ynet that the men initially entered the mosque with large backpacks, which they left in the bathroom and from which they took their weapons.

The relation between the two accounts was not immediately clear.

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