Thursday, June 9, 2016

2 suspects, 4 victims in Tel Aviv terror attack identified While the Hamas Praises the Gruesome Act

The four people killed after a pair of gunmen opened fired on at an upscale market in Tel Aviv Wednesday night have been identified by Israeli police.
They are:
• Idan Ben Arieh, 42, from Ramat Gan, which is east of Tel Aviv
• Ilana Naveh, 39, from Ramat Gan
• Michael Faiga, 58, from southern Israel
    • Mila Meshayev, 32, from Rishon LeZion, which lies just south of Tel Aviv
    They died after two shooters, identified as Palestinians, opened fire at the Sarona Market -- a popular food and shopping complex near the Israeli Defense Ministry -- shattering what was a serene night with chaos and bloodshed.
    In total, 13 people suffered gunshot wounds, according to Israel's national emergency medical service. Four people, including one suspect, are still being treated at hospitals, Israeli police say.
    The attackers were dressed as Hasidic Jews, a law enforcement source briefed by Israeli officials said. Police officers shot one of the suspects. The other surrendered, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
    Israeli soldiers walk near a temporary checkpoint at the entrance of the Palestinian village of Yatta in the occupied West Bank on June 9,2016 after the army entered the village in search for clues leading to an attack the previous night in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv in which four people were killed and 16 others wounded. The two Palestinians assailants who carried out the attack came from Yatta, according to Israeli authorities. Israel said it had suspended entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan following the shooting attack. / AFP / HAZEM BADER (Photo credit should read HAZEM BADER/AFP/Getty Images)

    "People were having coffee," Amir Ohana, a member of the Israeli Parliament who was at the market, told CNN. "I saw a birthday cake on one of the tables. And then you see the chairs upside down and glass shattered and blood all over."
    Surveillance footage from a cafe near the shooting scene showed chaos as panicked customers knocked over chairs and tables as they rushed to escape. People crawled across the floor and others carried children in their arms.
    A pair of suspects were identified to CNN by the mayor of their hometown on Thursday. CNN is no longer releasing their names, as Israeli authorities have issued a gag order on reporting details that could identify the attackers.
    Rosenfeld said earlier that two "terrorists" were captured, with one shot and the second arrested at the market.
    According to Israel's security agency, they are both Palestinians from the village of Yatta in the southern West Bank, near the city of Hebron. Both were born in 1995. Meanwhile
    The Islamist group Hamas praised the attack in a statement, though they did not claim responsibility for it.
    Spokesman Housam Badran said this was the "first of many surprises" planned against Israeli forces during the month of Ramadan.

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