Ken Berwitz
An 18-year-old American tourist has been identified asone of the victims shot and killed by a Palestinian terrorist Thursday in theWest Bank, Israeli police tell Fox News.
The shooting and aknife attack in Tel Aviv Thursday left at least five people dead, and twosuspects – both identified as Palestinians — were in custody, according toIsraeli media reports.
In the West Bank, at leastthree people were killed and three others were wounded after a Palestinianterrorist opened fire from his vehicle on cars stuck in a traffic jam in GushEtzion, the Jerusalem Post reports. The Algemeiner reported that a secondPalestinian terrorist was involved in the attack.The attacks took place a dayafter the one-yearanniversary of the brutal killings of five worshippers –including three Americans — inside a Jerusalem synagogue by two Palestiniansarmed with meat cleavers and a gun.
Paramedics pronouncedan 18-year-old American tourist dead at the scene, and efforts to resuscitatehim failed, the Jerusalem Post reported. An Israeli man in his 50s who wascritically wounded in the shooting later died after being taken to a hospital,and a third victim has been identified as a Palestinian bystander.
The other peopleinjured in the shooting are being treated at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center inJerusalem. Some of the wounded are Americans, Israeli media added.
Israeli mediareported that one terrorist continued driving after shooting at a car, slamminginto another vehicle. He then exited his vehicle and tried to fire more shotsbut was hit by gunfire from Israeli security forces and taken into custody,according to the Jerusalem Post.
Earlier in the day, aPalestinian man was arrested after stabbing and killing two Israelis andwounding another who were engaged in mid-day prayers, Israeli media reported.
The attacker wasarrested after being partially subdued by a civilian. Authorities identifiedhim as Raed Khalil bin Mahmoud, a 36-year-old father of five from the West Bankcity of Dura. He revealed to investigators that he works at a restaurant inJaffa, theAlgemeiner reports.
The violence unfoldedat the Panorama office building and shopping center in southern Tel Aviv.Authorities said the assault started at a shop where people were engaged inmid-day prayers.
