Islamic terrorism continues in Israel, this time in Tel Aviv where two Jewish residents were stabbed to death and two other wounded by a cowardly 39-year-old Palestinian Muslim as they were on the way to afternoon prayers. The Muslim attacker was from the West Bank and did not have a criminal record:
TIMES OF ISRAEL – Two Israelis were killed and at least two others wounded in a stabbing attack in southern Tel Aviv Thursday afternoon.
The incident took place in the Panorama office building at an entrance to a synagogue next to the parking lot as afternoon prayers were taking place, according to reports from the scene.
One victim was declared dead at the scene and a second died after being rushed to a hospital with serious injuries.
Two more people suffered light and moderate injuries, according to officials.
The attacker was caught by passersby and arrested by police at the scene. He was taken to a hospital with light injuries.
Police identified him as a 39-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank village of Dura, near Hebron, and said he did not have a criminal record.
The identity of the victims was not immediately released.
Of course, Hamas is already celebrating:
The Palestinian Hamas group said it welcomed the attack. “We welcome the heroic operation in Tel Aviv that killed two people,” read a tweet on the Gaza-based group’s official account read. “We call on the Palestinians to continue such activities.”