Five people have been killed in deadly shootings in Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan this evening. The shooter was reportedly driving a motorcycle and shot at pedestrians on Rechov Hashnayim and on Rechov Bialik.
The shooter has been neutralized.
Magen Dovid Adom paramedics were at the scene, treating those who were shot, five of whom have succumbed to their wounds.
Eli Bin, head of the Magen David Adom ambulance service, confirmed that five people have been killed in the shooting in Bnei Brak.
The shooting began on Bialik and was followed up with additional shots fired on Hashnayim.
It is not clear what sparked the shooting or if it is terror related, but it is being treated as a terror attack.
A simultaneous shooting was reported in Ramat Gan.
Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will hold a security consultation on tonight’s attack with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Public Security Minister Omer Barlev, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, and other security officials. The meeting will take place at 10 p.m. local time.
The observation is being made that this attack comes barely a week after the petirah of Maran Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l, whose non-stop limud haTorah certainly served as a protection of the city’s residents.
Source: Matzav