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Site of Tel Aviv ramming and shooting attack on Friday. Credit: Moti Milrod Published by Haaretz

Scene. Published by IMEMC News

Yousef Abu Jaber, 44. Published by IMEMC News
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The shooting and ramming attack comes hours after two Israeli sisters were killed in a West Bank shooting attack that also left their mother critically wounded

by Ido Efrati, Josh Breiner, Ran Shimoni, Deiaa Haj Yahia, Ben Samuels for Haaretz
Apr 7, 2023 9:53 pm IDT

A 30-year-old man was killed and five tourists are wounded in a shooting and ramming attack at Tel Aviv's beach promenade on Friday night, emergency services reported. The attacker was shot dead. According to police, he was identified as 44-year-old Yousef Abu Jaber from the Israeli Arab city of Kafr Qasem.

The Italian Foreign Ministry identified the 36-year-old victim as Alessandro Parini.

According to the police, at 21:35 the attacker drove southbound on the bike lane in Tel Aviv's beach promenade, and hit six pedestrians until he rolled over on the lawn of the Charles Clore Park. At this point, a police officer and a municipal ranger arrived at the scene, and as they noticed the attacker attempted to reach a rifle-like object that was with him, they shot at him and killed him. According to a police source, no weapon was found in Jaber's vehicle, but rather a toy gun.

Three people are in moderate condition, including a 74-year-old-man, a 39-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl. The other two victims, a man aged 50 and a woman aged 70 were lightly wounded. Some of the victims are British and Italian citizens.

The attacker was shot by a police officer and a civilian inspector.

A relative of the assailant told Haaretz that "we cannot believe he did such a thing, it's inconceivable that Yusef, a very quiet and respectful person, would do it. We are in total shock and if we had known in advance that he'd do it then we would have prevented it. He never showed any radical signs, and he's never had any ideological background."

The attacker was married and was a father of five daughters.
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Speaking from the scene, Tel Aviv District Commander Ami Eshed confirmed that police believe that this is a terror attack and said that there is no fear of additional attacks in the area.
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One Italian Man, One Palestinian, Killed In Tel Aviv

by IMEMC News
April 8, 2023

According to Israeli sources, an Italian man was killed, and five tourists were injured in what is believed to be a ‘car-ramming and shooting attack” near a beach in Tel Aviv before the police killed the attacker, 44, from Kafr Qassem town.

The sources said the slain is Alessandro Parini, a 35-year-old Italian citizen, and added that the incident occurred at about 21:35 Friday when the attacker drove on the bike lane of “Charles Clore Park,” hitting six pedestrians.

The police named the driver as Yousef Abu Jaber, 44, a married father of five daughters from Kafr Qassem.

Israeli daily Haaretz said, “A police officer and a municipal ranger arrived at the scene, and as they noticed the attacker attempted to reach a rifle-like object that was with him, they shot at him and killed him. According to a police source, no weapon was found in Jaber’s vehicle, but rather a toy gun.”

It added that three persons suffered moderate wounds, including a man, 74 years of age, and a teenage girl, 17, and that the two other wounded persons, a 50-year-old man and a woman, 70, suffered mild injuries. Haaretz also said some of the wounded were British and Italian citizens.

According to Haaretz, an eyewitness said a vehicle sped after and entered a gas station nearby the incident before gunshots were heard, and then the vehicle which was used in the incident turned rightwards and rolled over.

Yousef’s family said they were shocked to hear about the incident and added that they would have prevented this from happening if they had known anything in advance and that he was a very quiet, respectful person and never had any ideological way of thinking.