The two Palestinian terrorists who perpetrated Wednesday night’s shooting spree in Tel Aviv “were dressed up like Charedim,” some eyewitnesses told the Hebrew news site Walla.
Three Israelis were killed and seven others seriously wounded in the attack, which took place at the Sarona compound – of shops, galleries and restaurants – across from the Kirya military headquarters.
Another witness at the scene, an Arab, said he had seen the two men, dressed in black suits and sitting at a table at the upscale Max Brenner chocolate shop/café. He said he immediately recognized them as Arabs.
A young woman who was also at Max Brenner when the terrorists began their attack told Israel’s Channel 2, “We were sitting at a table, and suddenly somebody was standing across from me and there was gunfire everywhere. We didn’t know what to do. Everybody was screaming, and began to run away. We escaped from the restaurant, but outside everybody was also trying to find a place to hide.”
Another young woman who witnessed the attack said, “Everyone was hysterical. People were shouting, ‘Terrorist! Terrorist!’ People were crying; some fainted.”
According to Channel 2, the two terrorists, one of whom is being treated for moderate wounds at the Ichilov Medical Center alongside his victims, hail from a city in the southern Hebron hills.
Hamas Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyeh tweeted about the attack, showing a photo of one of the neutralized terrorists, and calling him a “hero.”
Likud MK Amir Ohana, who arrived at the scene as soon as heard about the attack, told Channel 2 that what he saw in the immediate aftermath of the carnage was “uneaten birthday cakes next to pools of blood.”
