An Israeli Arab businessman is offering a $10,000 cash reward for information that helps in the capture of an Israeli Arab fugitive suspected of killing three people in two Tel Aviv shooting attacks.
Mazen Qaq, head of the merchants’ committee in Jerusalem’s Old City, announced the reward on Jan. 6 for information leading to the arrest of Nashat Melhem, Ynet reported.
“This is someone who acted against Israeli citizens, and I won’t allow someone like him to destroy trust and security,” Qaq told Ynet.
Melhem is believed to be the gunman who shot up a central Tel Aviv bar, killing two, and later murdered a cab driver.
Qaq also told Ynet that business in the Old City has dropped by 70 percent in the past few months as a result of the surge of stabbings and other attacks by Palestinian assailants against Jews. — jta