Two men shot dead in suspected murder-suicide in south Tel Aviv
Police say the men were brothers, in their 50s and 70s, who had a dispute. The shooting comes amid a wave of violent crime in Israel, with 223 people killed since the beginning of 2026
On Monday morning, the bodies of two men, gunshot victims, were discovered near a senior citizens center and a bank branch on Moshe Dayan Road in Tel Aviv. The initial investigation suggests the incident may have been a murder-suicide, with the two identified as brothers, aged in their 50s and 70s. Magen David Adom (MDA) teams arrived at the scene upon receiving a 9:32 a.m. call about two people injured, who were subsequently found unconscious, without a pulse, and not breathing. A handgun was located at the scene.
Upon initial inspection, one resident feared a terror attack. "I heard gunshots under the building. At first I locked the windows; I thought maybe it was a terror attack, maybe there's a terrorist downstairs, and suddenly it was quiet and full of ambulances. I ran downstairs to understand what happened, and suddenly I saw two men lying dead on the sidewalk," the resident recounted. Emergency medical technicians confirmed the gravity of the situation, noting the penetrating wounds on the men's bodies.
Police were dispatched to the scene and an investigation was launched to determine the circumstances of the incident. As of the latest update, the investigation remains ongoing.
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