A wave of terrorism in Israel continues with a mass shooting in Tel Aviv left six people dead including the shooter. New York Post. The attacker was identified as Dia Hamarsha, a 27 year old from the West Bank. The attacker was armed with a rifle and shot and killed five people before he was killed by the police. Two other people were arrested in connection with the attack. The shooting is the third incident in Israel in a week. The other attacks, a mass stabbing and car ramming attack and the murder of two police officers, was found to be connected to the ISIS terror organization.
Warning: The following video contains graphic images of the shooting. Given the content do not be surprised if the video is removed from Twitter.
#Israel: (NSFW) The attacker from the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, apparently carrying an AR-15 pattern rifle. Given recent events and style, quite possibly ISIS-related. #Israel pic.twitter.com/7jIlasoFHI
— Ravi HTF (@raviagrawal3) March 29, 2022
My Comment:
Pretty terrible video from that attack. The guy that was on that bike was extremely lucky that the attacker either had a weapons malfunction or ran out of ammo as he was seen reloading after shooting at him. The person in the SUV though? They were utterly screwed...
I am not sure what is causing this wave of violence in Israel. ISIS has not really been active there before but at least two of the recent attacks were inspired by them. It's not clear yet if this attack was as well but it is very possible. The article mentioned that the peace process and new alliance between Israel and Arab states might be a motive for the attack, but ISIS hardly needs a reason to attack Israelis.
I know one of the attacks was put down by armed civilians but this attack was not. It's a shame as well because if someone was close enough to film the attack with such clarity they could have easily shot the attacker if they were armed. At the very least they could have forced him to take cover, giving police more time to put this guy down.
This attacker was fairly well armed. I'm not sure if he had a full auto M-16 variant or a civilian AR-15 but considering some of the attacks in Israel have involved knives and car ramming's, he was better armed than many attackers in the area. This makes me think that the guy had help as it probably wasn't easy to get him a firearm.
Will this wave of terror attacks continue? I think it's possible. ISIS is making a bit of resurgence lately, even though the media isn't really covering it. The war in Ukraine has killed pretty much all other stories lately, foreign and domestic. And it's not like these terror attacks in Israel are that complex or difficult. We could be seeing the start of more attacks.
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