Two Dead In Tel Aviv Shooting Attack, Car Bomb Explodes At Afghan Restaurant In Violent Start To New Year
Just hours after Bavarian authorities closed the Hauptbahnhof and Pasing stations in Munich after Germany received a tip from French and American intelligence sources that a terrorist attack was planned for New Year’s Eve, two “incidents” have occurred in Kabul and Tel Aviv.
While it’s not clear if the two are related, at least one person is dead in a shooting at a Tel Aviv pub, and witnesses are reporting a large explosion at a restaurant in Kabul close to a district Reuters says contains many foreign embassies and government buildings. Both are being called "suspected terror attacks."
Reports indicate the shooter in Tel Aviv used an automatic rifle in the attack, firing 10 shots into a crowd. “At least seven were wounded, two critically, in the attack on Friday afternoon,” Haaretz reports, adding that “security forces and emergency teams rushed to the site, on the corner of Dizengoff and Gordon St., and are combing the area.” A manhunt is underway for the suspect. Here's more from The Times of Israel:
Two people are dead and three are in serious condition in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv just before 3 p.m. Friday.
Witnesses say some 10 shots were fired in the attack, apparently in automatic bursts.
The shots were fired inside a bar at Dizengoff 122, near the city’s well-known Dizengoff Center Mall. The area is crowded on Friday afternoons.
Here's the stunning CCTV footage:
#TelAviv DRAMATIC FOOTAGE: Moment gunman opens fire at a bar in Tel Aviv killing 2 Israelis, wounding 8. pic.twitter.com/vQKvwkdaC7
— Publimetros (@publimetros) January 1, 2016
And here are the visuals from the scene in Tel Aviv:
#BREAKING - scene of the #shooting #attack in #TelAviv. 4 wounded, some in serious condition. Motive un clear pic.twitter.com/hCW7uguHAp
— Yonat Friling (@Foxyonat) January 1, 2016
The terrorist in Tel Aviv killed 2 injured 10 shooting automatic rifle in a crowded bar pic.twitter.com/2htzuAthDS
— Oren Rosenfeld (@NewsHolyland) January 1, 2016
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— ?????? ???????? (@y1800400400) January 1, 2016
Police say 2 dead in Tel Aviv shooting, 2 more critical in surgery. Motive still unclear (Photos by @dahliasc) pic.twitter.com/ZD2TgEYaS1
— +972 Magazine (@972mag) January 1, 2016
Up-Close photo of suspect in mass-shooting in Tel-Aviv today killing 2, wounding 7, multiple in critical condition. pic.twitter.com/X4zTQez7A9
— Israel Breaking (@IsraelBreaking) January 1, 2016
Meanwhile, in Kabul, police say a car bomb targeted a restaurant popular with Afghan officials and foreign diplomats. "[An] official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media, said the explosion appeared to have hit "Le Jardin", one of a small number of restaurants in Kabul still frequented by foreigners," Reuters says, adding that "the explosion came days after the Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack near Kabul airport that killed one person and wounded 33 others, the latest in a series of suicide attacks in the city."
Some sources say the attack in Israel may be an act of "nationalist terror," suggesting no immediate connection with ISIS and certainly not with the Taliban.
Even if the attacks aren't related, it says something about the state of society in the new year when terror attacks have become so commonplace that they accidentally happen at the same time in geographically distinct locations.
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There is no god.
I dont know what the torah or any other book says. I also dont care about any past i never witnessed, for all i could prove all history books are lies. What i do know is humans will do whatever they want to do and no reason at all is required.
What i do know is humans will do whatever they want to do and no reason at all is required.
That's about right. The reasons come after the deed is done.
That's all fine and dandy, but while your dealing with the Jew you'll never see his red headed brother smashing you from behind. "The sith in pair always appear." Yoda
Ishmael and Isaac
Esau and Marduk/Jacob the liar
Judah and Israel
and so on, and all of those factions actively still play the game, just different disguises now days. They don't give a rats which gang wins so long as its their seed running the earth.
Was that sarcasm or stupidity?
I downrate bad sarcasm now, cause it brings down the comment level.
That was a spontaneous emotional reaction. Did you look at the map on that link?
If it gets lots of press it is a false flag.
The only one real was the Unibomber.
more "jewish lightning" to kick off the year
oi vey!
a fair skinned man using an M16, attacking a gay cafe - doesn't sound like muslims...
More like Mossad, or an IDF soldier..
Or some baker that was destroyed by the fags and decided to get even?
Aww darn it a down arrow.. Did I hurt some faggoty butt humper's feelers?
Enjoy your hepatitis and assorted disgusting diseases sick fvkers.
I hope you die.
Omega, you need glasses. That was an UZI not an M16. You should also listen more carefully. In the future your life might depend on who you think is shooting at you.
first reports were m16, yes uzi.... Israel made gun... now how would a muslim get one of those? Must be IDF or Mossad
Nobody in in the IDF uses uzis anymore. They all carry M16s, and so do arab forces and civilians.
Theres plenty of "white looking" arabs and no shortage of dark skinned israelies. About half of all israeli jews are ethnically arabs on their own and look like any other arab.
A generation ago this was even more prevalent before a million soviets moved there.
Less than white orthodox jews: http://www.vosizneias.com/assets/uploads/news_photos/thumbnails/700_uiof...
Tel Aviv could just be a disgruntled drunk who the barkeep cut off. A terrorist attack in a bar sounds unlikely with so many ripe targets in Tel Aviv. For the car bomb, just another day in Afghanistan.
and on earth peace, goodwill toward men....
I fear 2015 was the warm up exercise for what comes in 2016.
After a while, these incidents will be so commonplace, they won't be news anymore.
But if not in the news how would we continue to cower in fear and have our freedoms protected by the government?
To keep the fear going, they would have to step up the violence of the attacks on American soil. Most likely, that's what's coming next.
They are commonplace and they are almost never reported out of Israel.
There was a time when these attacks in Israel made mainstream news.
You might take that as a sign that the American public doesn't give a shit anymore.
Thats subjective and no one can prove or disprove that. You have your narrative so go ahead, think whatever you want to think.
It is subjective. That's why I used "might". There is only so much reporting the media can do reporting violence in Israel until it becomes so commonplace that the public loses interest.
There are probably other reasons. But that was the first that came to mind.
Lets make a list of all possible subjetive statements and debate them. We are intellectuals no?
LOL. You bring to mind the saying about opinions being like assholes. Everybody has one.
Welcome to Ulster. Forgive us if you don't enjoy your stay. You'll be here a long time.
Every day when I was a kid (or so it seemed at the time) the Provos set a bomb off somewhere in Ulster. They were only ever reported in Ireland.
Did anyone notice that a few posts just disappeared?
The first casualty of 2016 - all previous posts removed
Uh...a select group of 'domestic terrorist posters' have been summonsed to FEMA re-education camp for 'improper posting technique and precision of language' and may rejoin the ZH community at a later date. Thanks for your concern though!
Raymond_K._Hessel gone for good it seems. He always backed up his assertions with links, a relatively rare phenomenon on ZH.
sad way to start the year
Smart, witty and an elegant writer with superb command of English. He will be missed. Hope his ban is temporary.
It's funny how some people regret it when their favorites are banned and yet work without rest to hound those they do not agree with off the site. Just a general observation, not a personal one.
But fear not. Like Ebola, he shall return once a new carrier is found.
you gotta be careful nowadays........pretty sad really...
''Italian police have opened an investigation after a controversial website published a list of "influential Jews" working in the country. The names of journalists, businessmen, actors and personalities of Jewish faith were published on the Italian page of Radio Islam, a multi-language platform hosting essays from renowned holocaust deniers.''
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/radio-islam-italian-website-investigated-influe...
Hey Ray is that your backup account?
Remember, it is easy to know who owns you as they are the ones you cant criticize.
His links were informative for sure. I wonder if that is what happened to KrisC [sp?] He wrote about the same quality posts.
Is there a list of banned members from zh? That is pretty sad. He is missed.
Could be that somebody in that part of the thread got banned. Looks like ncdirtdigger got ban-hammered for a stupid comment on the Best of 2016 thread.
I had that happen two days ago for one of my more "astute" comments. It really hurt my feelings. What bothered me is that it was so mild in context in the first place. No name calling, no dirty words? A couple of others above and below me as well in the conversation that I was in.
Anybody scream, "FALSE FLAG" yet. You are getting slow, ZH.
Your faggotry is becoming disturbing.
tel aviv needs tighter gun control laws
cc: obola
Yes. Update Bolshevik Bloomberg and his merry band of anti-gun komizars.
The only gun control there is in Israel is the need to take a weapons handling class before buying them (takes a couple of weeks), except for army vets. Those who pass the theoretical and practical tests can walk around with M16s.
but..but..but the dual citizenship israeli's and their followers in the usa say because 11,000 +/- out of 330,000,000 people in the usa die from non-suicide related gun deaths we need to protect ourselves by banning guns
What does it have to do with anything?
Oh you are pointing out some hypocrisy? I get it, still does not change the fact that there is no gun control in Israel beyond mandatory training and registration. People like you cant take a simple fact for what it is.
i don't know, are they trying to ban guns in tel aviv?
No.
you folks are lucky...where you live, banning guns would be more suicidal then if they ban them here. if they ban them here i might invoke my heritage and move there.
You hasbara rats now talk to each other.
Why do all the morning hasbara rats here lack intellectual ability?
They only hire down syndromers for the early shift?