The terror attack in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday, in which two men opened fire in a crowded shopping and restaurant district and killed at least four people, was aimed against Israelis, Fox News and other outlets are reporting.

Five other people were also wounded in the attack and are said to be in serious condition.

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The two attackers, dressed as Orthodox Jews, were described as Palestinian cousins from Yatta in the Hebron area of the West Bank. They were apparently known to Israeli authorities.

The weapons used by the attackers included a “Karl Gustav improvised machine gun,” police in Israel told Fox News.

Both attackers are in police custody, and one is undergoing surgery after being shot by police.

A woman told Israel’s Channel 10 TV that she had been celebrating her son’s birthday when she heard shots and “immediately understood it was a terror attack,” a report from the BBC said.

“We ran like lightning with the baby and the stroller,” said the woman, who was identified as Meital Sass. “I yelled at people who didn’t understand what was happening to run.”

A far larger terrorist attack was apparently prevented: The director of the market, Shlomi Hajaj, told Channel 10 that security guards at the entrance had “prevented the attackers from entering the facility, averting a bigger disaster as the compound was packed with people,” the BBC reported.

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