Palestinian terror group claims gunman as a member, but stops short of claiming responsibility; Australia, France condemn deliberate targeting of civilians.
The Hamas terror group on Tuesday praised as a “heroic” operation the car-ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv that wounded seven people, four of them seriously.
The Gaza-ruling terror group said the attack was “an initial response to [Israel’s] crimes against our people in the Jenin camp,” a reference to the ongoing major IDF operation in the northern West Bank town, which Israel says has become a hotbed of terror.
The attacker was identified by the Shin Bet security agency as Abed al-Wahab Khalaila, 20, from the southern West Bank town of as-Samu, near Hebron.