Father of Tel Aviv Assailant Praises Son’s Actions
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by i24 News and Algemeiner Staff
Father of Palestinian gunman Raed Hazem who opened fire in a Tel Aviv bar and killed two Israelis, reacts alongside neighbors and relatives after his son was killed by Israeli forces, in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
i24 News – The father of the Palestinian gunman who opened fire in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Thursday night — killing two people and wounding eight others — praised his son’s actions on Friday.
“Victory will come soon, in the coming days you will see the change. You will be free and independent. God, free the al-Aqsa Mosque from the occupation,” he told media outlets outside his home in Jenin of the West Bank.
He is reportedly a former senior officer in the Palestinian national security establishment.
אביו של המחבל הבוקר בג'נין: "הניצחון יגיע בקרוב, בימים הקרובין תראו את השינוי.
אתם תהיו חופשיים ועצמאיים. אלוהים, שחרר את מסגד אלאקצא מידי הכיבוש!" pic.twitter.com/yHlqUwHPJo— שחר גליק Shahar Glick (@glick_sh) April 8, 2022
The gunman, identified as 28-year-old Ra’ed Hazem, was unknown to Israeli security and entered Israel from the West Bank illegally.
After an hours-long manhunt throughout Tel Aviv, Israeli forces found him in the city of Jaffa and killed him during an ensuing gunfight.
Tomer Morad and Eytam Magini, both 27-years-old, were killed by Hazem while sitting outside the Ilka bar on Dizengoff Street in the heart of Tel Aviv.
Of the eight others wounded, one is in critical condition.
“We will respond with great force and intensity to any unusual event… and we will pursue anyone who harms or seeks to harm Israeli citizens,” Israel’s Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai said.
“We continue the Israel Police’s peak preparation in all sectors and districts, including securing the first Friday prayers of Ramadan.”
