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| RAMALLAH, West Bank — The police in Tel Aviv were searching for a masked gunman on Friday who killed at least two people and wounded five others in a crowded bar in the city center. It was not clear whether the attack was an act of terrorism or was criminal in nature. | RAMALLAH, West Bank — The police in Tel Aviv were searching for a masked gunman on Friday who killed at least two people and wounded five others in a crowded bar in the city center. It was not clear whether the attack was an act of terrorism or was criminal in nature. |
| Israeli security forces rushed into nearby streets searching for the gunman and cordoned off the area, as witnesses comforted one another outside the bar, stunned by an attack that was reminiscent of the Nov. 13 terrorist shootings at restaurants and bars in Paris, albeit on a smaller scale. | |
| The gunman targeted at least two other businesses, a sushi restaurant and a cafe, although initial reports indicated that the casualties had come from the bar. | |
| Two of the wounded were in serious condition, the Israeli news media reported, and all had been taken to hospitals in Tel Aviv, Micky Rosenfeld, a spokesman for the Israeli police, said on Twitter. | |
| Israel has experienced a surge in Palestinian violence recently that has included stabbings, shootings and vehicular attacks, but the coastal city of Tel Aviv has been mostly untouched. | Israel has experienced a surge in Palestinian violence recently that has included stabbings, shootings and vehicular attacks, but the coastal city of Tel Aviv has been mostly untouched. |
| The police, including counterterrorism units, were concentrating their search in the central part of the city, said Mr. Rosenfeld, who added that the police were also examining surveillance footage. | |
| The gunman, who was dressed in black, sat on a bench outside the bar, where he apparently waited for it to fill up before taking out a weapon from his backpack. | The gunman, who was dressed in black, sat on a bench outside the bar, where he apparently waited for it to fill up before taking out a weapon from his backpack. |
| “I heard something like 10 shots,” said one man who gave his name as Avi to Ynet, an Israeli news website. “I was next to one of the cafes. I saw people running in the street and wounded sprawled on the street.” | “I heard something like 10 shots,” said one man who gave his name as Avi to Ynet, an Israeli news website. “I was next to one of the cafes. I saw people running in the street and wounded sprawled on the street.” |
| The gunman’s approach was similar to the “behavior of recent ISIS attackers,” Daniel Nisman, the president of the Levantine Group, a geopolitical risk consultancy, said on Twitter. | The gunman’s approach was similar to the “behavior of recent ISIS attackers,” Daniel Nisman, the president of the Levantine Group, a geopolitical risk consultancy, said on Twitter. |
| Mr. Nisman was not at the scene, but he based his assessment on information from his cousin, who was a witness, and from Israeli news media accounts. | Mr. Nisman was not at the scene, but he based his assessment on information from his cousin, who was a witness, and from Israeli news media accounts. |
| “Something is very weird here,” Mr. Nisman said in a telephone interview. “It is not a classic Palestinian terror attack,” he said, in which a gunman usually keeps firing until he is shot by the police. | |
| Referring to the possibility that the attack was criminal in nature, Mr. Nisman said that gangs in Israel usually targeted specific victims, and did not shoot indiscriminately into crowds. | Referring to the possibility that the attack was criminal in nature, Mr. Nisman said that gangs in Israel usually targeted specific victims, and did not shoot indiscriminately into crowds. |