5 Israelis killed in shooting incident near Tel Aviv
A motorcycle-riding Palestinian gunman reportedly kills at least five illegal Israeli settlers in an attack in the town of Bnei Brak east of Tel Aviv before getting killed himself.
Five people were killed in a shooting spree in Bnei Brak on Tuesday evening, Jerusalem post reported.
The shooting was first reported around 8:00 p.m. on HaShnaim Street. One person was found killed in a car and two other people were killed on a sidewalk nearby.
Another person was found dead on Herzl Street, perpendicular to HaShnaim Street. A fifth victim, a police officer, was evacuated to the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in critical condition and died from his wounds soon after.
The shooter was driving a motorcycle, and his body was found on Jabotinsky Street after he was shot by security forces.
Another person was arrested at the scene and investigated on the scene on suspicion of assisting the shooter, and a third person was arrested later on further east on Jabotinsky Street.
The Martyrdom seeker was a 27-years-old man affiliated with Fatah, from the village of Ya'bad in the northern West Bank. He was jailed for half a year in 2015.
The attack is the third in a week in which 10 Israelis were killed, making it the bloodiest in years. It is the tenth attack in the month of March.
Tensions have risen in anticipation of the upcoming month of Ramadan and the annual Land Day, marked on March 30 every year since six Arab Israelis were killed in Galilee protests against the planned expropriation of land on March 30, 1976.