Two men were killed and a third was wounded when a terrorist attacked worshippers during an early afternoon prayer service in an office building on Ben-Tzvi Street in Tel Aviv.
The dead were identified as Aharon Yisayev, 32, from Holon; and Reuven Aviram, 51, from Ramle.
Yisayev, who became Torah-observant as an adult, leaves behind a wife and five children who study at religious educational institutions in Holon. Aviram, a diamond-industry worker in a jewelry store in Tel Aviv, emigrated from the former Soviet Union in 1990. He is survived by a wife and son.
The two men were laid to rest on Friday in Israel.
The injured victim, a man in his 50s, is in moderate condition. He was treated by Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene and taken to Ichilov Hospital.
The suspected stabber—a 36-year-old Palestinian from the village of Dura near Hebron—was caught by a bystander who subdued him until police arrived.
According to the Shin Bet security services, the attacker received a work permit approximately a month ago. Employed at a local Bukharian restaurant, he told police that he got a job in Tel Aviv in order to attack and kill Jews. He has no prior record of security-related offenses.
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