LA airport gunman named, cops begin hunt for clues

US authorities on Friday identified the man who shot dead two people at the ticket counter of Israel’s El Al airlines at Los Angeles In...

US authorities on Friday identified the man who shot dead two people at the ticket counter of Israel’s El Al airlines at Los Angeles International Airport as a 41-year-old Egyptian native and began searching his apartment and office for clues to his motive.

Three people, including the gunman, were killed and five were injured. Israeli officials said the evidence pointed to a terror attack, but the FBI and police initially said it appeared to be ‘‘an isolated incident’’.

	Israel says attack on El Al was terrorist act
JERUSALEM: Reacting to Thursday’s shootout at the LA airport, Israel said on Friday the naming of an Egyptian as the gunman who attacked its El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport strengthened its belief that it was a ‘‘terrorist attack’’. (Reuters) Story continues below this ad

The FBI issued a photo to TV stations of a man they said was the shooter and identified him as Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, 41, an Egyptian native and resident of the US since 1992. Sources said he was married with a child and had been living in an apartment complex in Irvine city, about 50 miles south of the airport. He was said to have two drivers’ licenses, one of them stating his birthday as July 4.

FBI and police searched Hadayet’s apartment in Irvine, 80 km south of the airport and emerged from the building in the suburban neighborhood with boxes of evidence. Hadayet, a limo driver who also went by the last name Ali, was said to have had two drivers’ licenses, one of them stating his birthday as July 4. (Reuters)

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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