Tel Aviv shooter identified as 23-year-old Hamas member

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Police at the scene of a terror attack on Dizengoff street, in central Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023. (Avshalom Saassoni/Flash90)
Police at the scene of a terror attack on Dizengoff street, in central Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023. (Avshalom Saassoni/Flash90)

The terrorist who carried out the shooting attack in Tel Aviv is identified as 23-year-old Mutaz Salah al-Khawaja, a Palestinian from the West Bank town of Ni’lin.

Hebrew-language and Palestinian media reports say al-Khawaja is a Hamas member.

He reportedly did not have an entry permit to Israel when he carried out the attack.

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