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.”