Police did not release the photo of Tel Aviv shooter Nashat Milhem, who killed three Israelis on New Years Day in Tel Aviv, because they were initially uncertain whether he, or his brother, had carried out the attack.
According to an investigation of the incident, police uncovered Milhem’s future plans to attack kindergartens in Tel Aviv within 48 hours of the lethal attack. In response, police boosted security around kindergartens in areas Milhem was familiar with, namely in north Tel Aviv.
Police also maintained that the tip-off from Israelis who spotted the gunman on the bus was dealt with, contradicting earlier reports. They said that they had returned the call, but the information was not “essential,” it says, noting that police had already been deployed to Wadi Ara within five hours of the attack.
Nashat Milhem is seen competing in a street quiz during Ramadan in footage that emerged of the Tel Aviv gunman, January 2016. (Screen capture: Channel 2)
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