Al Jazeera News :
A deadly shooting incident has killed at least two people in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, leaving at least seven others injured, according to a spokesman.
The attack, which targeted a bar on Dizengoff Street in central Tel Aviv, took place at 3:00 pm local time on Friday afternoon, Micky Rosenfeld, Israeli police spokesman, told Al Jazeera by telephone.
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The suspect has been identified as Nesha’at Milhem, a 29-year-old Palestinian citizen of
Israel from Arara, a town in central Israel. Local Arabic-language media reports said that Milhem, who did a stint in Israeli prison in 2006, was identified when his father called and informed police after seeing him on television.
Israel’s Channel 2 also noted that his cousin was shot and killed by a police officer in 2006.
Rosenfeld said the assailant is still at large and that Israeli police “are searching Tel Aviv”.
In a subsequent Twitter update, Rosenfeld said that “building[s] and apartments [are] still being searched”.
On Friday night, Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan told Israel’s Channel 2 that the motive behind the attack is still unclear. “
A deadly shooting incident has killed at least two people in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, leaving at least seven others injured, according to a spokesman.
The attack, which targeted a bar on Dizengoff Street in central Tel Aviv, took place at 3:00 pm local time on Friday afternoon, Micky Rosenfeld, Israeli police spokesman, told Al Jazeera by telephone.
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The suspect has been identified as Nesha’at Milhem, a 29-year-old Palestinian citizen of
Israel from Arara, a town in central Israel. Local Arabic-language media reports said that Milhem, who did a stint in Israeli prison in 2006, was identified when his father called and informed police after seeing him on television.
Israel’s Channel 2 also noted that his cousin was shot and killed by a police officer in 2006.
Rosenfeld said the assailant is still at large and that Israeli police “are searching Tel Aviv”.
In a subsequent Twitter update, Rosenfeld said that “building[s] and apartments [are] still being searched”.
On Friday night, Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan told Israel’s Channel 2 that the motive behind the attack is still unclear. “
