According to Israeli officials, two people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured in a shooting at a bar in a busy district of Tel Aviv late Thursday.

According to a statement released by Israel’s General Security Service on Friday morning, the accused gunman was killed by security personnel after a manhunt.

“At the end of a chase by the security forces, the terrorist who carried out the attack in Tel Aviv was located and thwarted,” – General Security Service Israel.

The General Security Service said the suspect was shot and killed by the Shabak security forces following an exchange of fire.

The suspect was “located by the Shabak (General security service) while hiding near a mosque in Jaffa and during an exchange of fire with the Shabak and YAMAM (Israel’s counter terror National unit) fighters, he was killed on the spot,” the statement said.

Raed Hazem, a 28-year-old Palestinian from Jenin in the West Bank, was identified as the gunman. He had “no obvious organizational affiliation, no security background, and no previous arrests,” according to the report. According to the service, Hazem did not have a permit to enter Israel and was living there illegally.

According to the General Security Service, the investigation into the attack is still ongoing.

According to an Israeli police commander, the incident occurred inside a bar on Dizengoff Street, a renowned dining area in the city’s center.

According to a representative for the Magen David Adom rescue services, the two victims slain were both men in their 30s.

Doctors at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov hospital, where the majority of the injured were transported, said they were fighting for the lives of four wounded people.

The shooting is the most recent in a string of violent episodes that have heightened tensions between Israel and the Palestinian territory.