Palestinian kills Israeli man in Tel Aviv terror attack

A 42-year-old Israeli man was killed in a terror attack in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening. 

Police identified the terrorist as a 22-year-old Kamal Ab Bakr from the West Bank city of Jenin who left behind him a note, saying he wanted to be a “shahid” (martyr).

Police said that “municipal inspectors in Tel Aviv noticed an individual who aroused their suspicions and prompting them to approach him. At that stage, the terrorist opened fire towards the inspectors, severely injuring one of them who was subsequently transferred to Ichilov Medical Center.”

“Another municipal inspector responded swiftly and managed to neutralise the terrorist,” Police added.

The victim, identified as Chen Amir, succumbed to his wounds a few hours after the attack.

Kamal Ab Bakr was a member of the Jenin Battalion, a Palestinian group identified with Islamic Jihad.

Islamic Jihad said the attack “emphasises the unity of the Palestinian struggle and a natural response to the daily killing that the occupation carries out against the Palestinian people.”

Prime Minister Netanyahu praised the personnel of the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality security patrol “for their alertness and for engaging, thereby thwarting a much more serious attack. Our security forces will settle accounts with everyone who seeks to attack us.”