A difficult-to-watch video has circulated showing the moment an Israeli man, identified as Michael, was shot dead by a police officer in Montreal, according to the source that published it. The shooting comes amid the broader hostage-and-shooting incident at a Montreal supermarket earlier Monday.
A raw, difficult-to-watch video circulating on Israeli Telegram channels appears to show the moment an Israeli man named Michael was shot dead by a police officer in Montreal. The footage, which has not been independently verified, was released hours after the broader attack on a Montreal supermarket and near a Chabad center Monday evening. As of 22:25 Jerusalem, the precise circumstances of Michael's death — whether he was an armed attacker or an innocent bystander, and which incident it relates to — remain unconfirmed.
As The Zioneer reported throughout Monday evening, the victim was initially identified by a Jewish community source as Michael Mizrahi. By 21:52 Jerusalem, journalist Amit Segal confirmed that Montreal police were investigating the possibility that the Jewish man was killed by friendly fire. Later that same minute, Israeli media identified the deceased as Michael Moshe Mizrahi, a well-known figure in Montreal's Jewish community, and reported that he died from wounds sustained in the incident — apparently struck by police gunfire.
The attack unfolded as multiple gunmen went on a killing spree and held hostages inside a supermarket. The Israeli consul in Montreal confirmed fatalities and wounded, as The Zioneer also reported at 22:06 Jerusalem. A separate shooting near a Chabad center left two dead and one critically wounded, with the gunman neutralized by police.
Key questions remain open: the video's authenticity has not been independently verified, and authorities have not yet officially confirmed whether Mizrahi was killed by police fire or by the attackers. The Montreal police investigation into the friendly-fire hypothesis is ongoing.
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