Chilling Videos Show Terrifying Moments Tel Avivians Flee Deadly Mass Shooting Terror Attack in Heart of The City

A deadly terror attack in the heart of Tel Aviv sent crowds of people running as a gunman opened fire at a popular bar.

The attack on Thursday night, which is the beginning of the weekend in Israel, happened on crowded Dizengoff street, which is lined with bars, restaurants, and shops.

At least two people were killed in the attack and 8 were wounded, with 4 in critical condition.

Videos taken from the Dizengoff area show the moments surrounding the attack in which panicked residents are told to flee the area and a man yells in Hebrew “weapon drawn.” Other clips, taken from high-rise buildings, emerged on social media showing people on the streets running for safety.

Israeli security forces on alert after shooting in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff street. Israeli media saying several people are injured. #Israel pic.twitter.com/VYXgKv7SOS

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) April 7, 2022

Security cam footage of restaurant patrons fleeing from gunfire in downtown Tel Aviv terror attack (video: @SuleimanMas1) pic.twitter.com/Ar8MM7VPwJ

— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) April 7, 2022

Avi Mayer of the American Jewish Committee commented on Twitter, “Chilling video: pedestrians flee the scene of tonight’s terror attack in central Tel Aviv, in which at least five people have been wounded, several seriously.”

Chilling video: pedestrians flee the scene of tonight’s terror attack in central Tel Aviv, in which at least five people have been wounded, several seriously.pic.twitter.com/BXclhSk1Wf

— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) April 7, 2022

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai said the suspected attacker is believed to be an “Arab with nationalistic” motives and a city-wide manhunt is underway for the shooter or shooters.

“A terrorist opened fire at short range and then fled on foot. Several people are wounded,” police spokesman Eli Levy said on Israel’s Channel 13 television. “Don’t leave your homes. Don’t stick your heads out of the window. Stay off your balconies.”

Reuters interviewed one of the victims at nearby Ichilov hospital. Mark Malfiev, 27, who was being treated for a gunshot wound at a local hospital recalled the attack. “I saw the window shatter, people suddenly started running, and I felt getting hit in the back,” he told reporters from a hospital bed. “I felt a lot of blood. I saw blood.”

The deadly attack is the latest in a wave of violence. 11 people had been killed in terror attacks over the past month in Israel, one of the deadliest months the country has seen in years.

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