According to reports, five people have been killed by a gun man in a suburb of Tel Aviv, the third attack of its kind in a week. Reportedly, the attacker who was shot dead by police was a 26 year old Palestinian from Samaria. According to the report, the Palestinian president condemned the killings, saying ‘the attack might lead to escalation at a time when we are striving for stability.’ Reportedly, the palestinian militant group hamas praised the attack.
According to the report, an earlier attack was carried out by an Israeli arab who planned to join islamic state in Syria. Reportedly, the attacker drove his car into a cyclist, killing him, then stabbed three people to death. According to the report, five days later two Israeli arabs opened fire at a bus stop in the northern city of Hadera, killing two nineteen year old police officers.