Nashat Milhem, the gunman who allegedly killed three Israelis last week in Tel Aviv, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in a mosque in northern Israel on Friday afternoon.
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Israeli police spokesperson Luba Samri said in a statement that Israeli police had tracked Melhem down in a building in Arara “using all legally-available resources and methods”.
The victims of the pub attack were Alon Bakal HY ” D and Shimon Ruimi HY ” D, and the murdered taxi driver was Amin Shaban.
On trying to escape from the building, he opened fire on the police, using the same type of gun used in the bar attack last weekend.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel asked Deputy Attorney General Attorney Raz Nizri to investigate the conduct of the police during the search for Melhem in north Tel Aviv earlier this week.
Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich speaks with reporters during a press conference in the northern Israeli city of Carmiel on January 5, 2016.
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Israelis are used to quickly resuming their daily routines following attacks because assailants are usually swiftly captured or killed. But he was also described by residents of the upscale Tel Aviv neighborhood where he worked as a grocery store delivery man as being well-liked and trusted. Many identify more with their Palestinian brethren in the West Bank and Gaza and with Palestinian nationalism rather than with Israel. Palestinian assailants have since October 1 killed 23 Israelis, including soldiers and civilians.
