Victor Shimshon Green, 33, named as seventh victim of Jaffa terror shooting
Green was living in a homeless shelter in city where two terrorists opened fire last week
The seventh victim of last week’s terror attack in Jaffa was named Sunday as Victor Shimshon Green.
Green, 33, was living in a homeless shelter in the city where two Palestinian terrorists carried out the attack last Tuesday.
Aside from those slain, 16 were wounded in the attack on the Tel Aviv light rail and a nearby road in Jaffa, in one of the deadliest terror attacks in recent memory.
The six other victims were named as Revital Bronstein, 24, from Bat Yam; Ilia Nozadze, 42, a Georgian citizen; Shahar Goldman, 30, from Lod; Inbar Segev Vigder, 33; Nadia Sokolenco, 40; and Jonas Chrosis, 26, a Greek citizen.
The two terrorists, one armed with a rifle and the other with a knife, attacked civilians on the Tel Aviv light rail before getting off and continuing on foot and shooting and stabbing people on Jerusalem Street in the city.
A municipal security officer and armed civilians shot the two terrorists, police said.
Hamas took responsibility for the attack, saying its perpetrators, Mohammad Mesek and Ahmad Himouni, were members of the terror group.
Mesek, 19, was killed at the scene, and Himouni, 25, was seriously injured. Both men are Palestinians from the West Bank city of Hebron who were in Israel without a permit.
Tensions in Israel and the West Bank have soared since October 7, when terrorists burst through the Gaza border into Israel in a Hamas-led attack, killing some 1,200 people and seizing 251 hostages.
Since then, 40 Israelis, including security personnel, have been killed in Palestinian terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank, including in Tuesday’s attack. Another five members of the security forces were killed in clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank.
The Times of Israel Community.