Hamas Terrorist Kills 1, Wounds 4 in Jerusalem Shooting Attack

Stand for Israel  |  November 22, 2021

Terror has once again gripped the Holy Land, as a Hamas terrorist opened fire on innocent Israelis this weekend. The Times of Israel’s Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Boxerman report on the Hamas attack that left one dead and four more wounded:

A Hamas gunman opened fire in the alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning, killing one Israeli man and wounding four others, two of them seriously, Israeli officials said.

Police officers at the scene opened fire at the terrorist, a 42-year-old Palestinian man from East Jerusalem, and killed him, according to police.

The fatality was named as Eliyahu David Kay, 26, a recent immigrant from South Africa who worked as a guide at the Western Wall and resided in the central city of Modiin.

He was the first Israeli civilian to be killed by Palestinian violence in over six months, since May’s 11-day conflict with terror groups in the Gaza Strip, which killed 12 civilians in Israel.

Hamas hailed the attack, calling it a “heroic operation,” and identified the terrorist as a member of the organization, Fadi Abu Shkhaydam, a Hamas leader…

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