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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

Itamar Alon

Minister of Public Security Yitzhak Aharonovitch speaks to the media at the Beersheba bank where a local gunman shot and killed four people in May. (photo credit: Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
July 31, 2013, 8:00 pm
Gun applicants will have to pass psychological examination
Public security minister seeks to reduce number of weapons in circulation after spate of killings
By Asher Zeiger
Omar Wallid, injured in the Beersheba bank shooting on May 20, accused the police of shooting him. (photo credit: image capture/Channel 10 news)
May 30, 2013, 11:45 pm
Man shot in Beersheba bank rampage says police fired at him
Seriously injured Bedouin tells reporters he only survived by playing dead
By Asher Zeiger and ToI Staff
Security and rescue forces at the site of the Beersheba bank shooting, May 20 (photo credit: Greenspan/Flash90)
May 23, 2013, 3:32 pm
North and south — surrounded by tragedy
A military training accident in the Golan and murders in the Negev preoccupy the press
By Ilan Ben Zion
The crime scene outside the Bank Hapoalim in Beersheba where four people were killed by a local gunman on May 20, 2013. (photo credit: Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
May 22, 2013, 11:49 pm
New footage reveals harrowing minutes of Beersheba bank spree
Security cameras show police arrived soon after Itamar Alon fired his first shot; a full hour went by before he took his own life
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: a National Insurance Institute building. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 22, 2013, 4:04 am
Man refused financial aid threatens to harm family
In separate incident, man breaks into a car, then turns himself over to police to receive medication that he could not afford
By Asher Zeiger
Beersheba shooter Itamar Alon. (photo credit: image capture from Channel 2)
May 22, 2013, 12:52 am
Mother of bank killer defends son, mourns victims
Itamar Alon was ‘good, decent, honest,’ but ‘my pain right now is not for my son; it is for those families,’ says Hanna Alon
By Asher Zeiger
Minister of Public Security Yitzhak Aharonovitch speaks to the media at the Beersheba bank where a local gunman shot and killed four people in May. (photo credit: Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
May 21, 2013, 11:16 pm
Gun reforms on agenda following Beersheba shooting
Public security minister introduces several new rules for weapons, including making school security guards leave guns at work
By Asher Zeiger and ToI Staff
Security and rescue forces at the site of the Beersheba bank shooting, May 20 (photo credit: Greenspan/Flash90)
May 21, 2013, 1:13 pm
Deri: Bank rampage is a wake-up call from the poor
Statement by bank official linking murders to social protests ignites controversy regarding killer’s motivations
By Gavriel Fiske
Miriam Cohen, who was held hostage by gunman Itamar Alon in the Bank Hapoalim branch in Beersheba on Monday, is escorted out of the bank after Alon, who killed four people, took his own life (photo credit: Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
May 21, 2013, 12:46 pm
Profiling an ‘economic terror attack’
The press hashes over the attacker, victims and motive in Monday’s deadly rampage at a Beersheba bank
By Yossi Nachemi
Security forces are seen in the Beersheba bank where Itamar Alon, 40, killed four people before taking his own life on Monday, on May 20, 2013. (photo credit: Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
May 21, 2013, 9:42 am
One killer, four shattered families
Two bank employees, specifically targeted by the Beersheba gunman, lost their lives, as did two bystanders who were in the wrong place at the wrong time
By Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
Beersheba shooter Itamar Alon. (photo credit: image capture from Channel 2)
May 21, 2013, 3:02 am
Police briefly stripped bank killer of his firearm after 2011 incident
Weapon was returned to Itamar Alon after the former Border Policeman told judge he needed it for self-defense against possible terrorists’ retribution
By Michal Shmulovich and ToI Staff
Miri Cohen, a bank employee, was released after being held hostage for over an hour Monday in Beersheba by a gunman who killed four victims at a local bank (photo credit: Dudu Greenspan/Flash 90)
May 20, 2013, 10:33 pm
Bank killer had a history of personal, financial trouble
Itamar Alon, unemployed and living with his parents, told hostage the shootings were retribution for his being turned down for a loan
By Michal Shmulovich
MDA ambulances at the scene of a Beersheba bank robbery, Monday (photo credit: Channel 2 screen capture)
May 20, 2013, 1:51 pm
Disgruntled customer kills four in Beersheba bank rampage
Former Border Police officer, apparently denied credit line, kills self after standoff with police; bank manager, worker, and customer among his victims
By ToI Staff
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