Two Israelis were killed and another was moderately wounded in a stabbing in southern Tel Aviv on Thursday afternoon.<br />The motive was initially unknown but was suspected as being nationally motivated.<br />The incident took place in the Panorama building on Ben Tzvi Boulevard.<br />Initial reports revealed that the attacker was in Israel legally, working for a nearby restaurant.<br />The wounded were evacuated to Sourasky Medical Center in central Tel Aviv.<br />Hamas released a statement praising the attack, connecting it to the fact that Israel still holds the bodies of several recent Palestinian attackers who were killed by security forces.
