Killed No. 3 in a terrorist attack on Dizengoff Street: Barak Lufen, 35, from Givat Shmuel. Two other people were killed: Tomer Morad and Eitam Magini, 27. How did it happen that at the time of the attack, no security guard was carrying a weapon?

Barak Lufen, 35, from Givat Shmuel and an athlete and coach in the field of dead kayaking, On Friday 8.4 noon, His wounds at Ichilov Hospital. He left behind him his wife Dana and their three children. Despite doctors’ efforts to save his life, his death was eventually determined in the intensive care unit. His funeral will be held on Sunday at 5:30 PM in Kibbutz Ginosar Cemetery.
Barak Lufen was killed in a shooting attack on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv together with Tomer Morad and Eitam Magini, 27, from Kfar Saba. The two will be laid to rest on Sunday and buried next to each other in the Pardes Haim cemetery in their city. Morad’s funeral will be held at 3:30 p.m. and Defenders’ at 4:30 p.m.
Barak Lufen’s family issued the following announcement: ‘Our beloved Barak – grandson of the founders of Kibbutz Ginosar, an exemplary husband and father, an athlete in every way, a member of the Olympic staff in the field of kayaks and an educator of the future generation in the field – left us prematurely. . Of blessed memory’.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said: “The entire people of Israel share in the heavy grief of the family members of Barak Lufen XIV, the third person killed in the brutal attack in Dizengoff. A father of three from Givat Shmuel. The heart is torn. May his memory be blessed.”
Lufen was born on Kibbutz Ginosar near the Sea of ​​Galilee. His grandparents were among the founders of the kibbutz. In the past, he was considered one of the leading kayakers in Israel.
A preliminary investigation into the attack reveals that the terrorist, a 29-year-old Hazem from the Jenin refugee camp, crossed the perimeter fence when a relative of his drove him to Umm al-Fahm. There he got on a bus that brought him to Tel Aviv. During the day, Hazem hid in a mosque in Jaffa and only in the evening did he head out towards Dizengoff Street. By all indications the terrorist was well acquainted with the scene in which he carried out the attack, which indicates that he visited this street several times during the preparation of the attack.
Chief of Staff Major General Aviv Kochavi saidOn Friday 8.4, That the terrorist did not have to cross the fence and that this is a failure of the IDF.
Immediately after carrying out the shooting attack, the terrorist fled in the direction of the mosque in Jaffa, where he was hiding. A citizen who noticed a suspicious figure walking around the mosque reported this to the police, and soon police and GSS forces arrived at the scene and called for Hazem to stop, but he opened fire on the forces closing in on him.
In the battle that ensued, the terrorist was killed.
One of the most notable omissions in this attack was the fact, Because when the terrorist opened fire on Dizengoff Street there was not a single security guard carrying a weapon who could respond to the attack immediately, despite police announcements that it was placing thousands of police officers in key locations in major cities.
At the Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv 7 more were injured. Three of them are in a difficult but stable condition, and another four Israelis are in a moderate and easy condition.