A Palestinian terrorist attack in Tel Aviv on June 8, 2016 was a unique event, having been the only one inside Israel recorded in real time by security cameras. Its grainy footage forms the core of Tal Inbar’s unsettling documentary, Closed Circuit, which is now available on the ChaiFlicks streaming platform. The 52-minute film, an amalgam of horrific images and bleak testimonies of survivors, is chilling.

The incident took place in the Sarona Market, Israel’s largest enclosed culinary mall, which my wife and I visited in the spring of 2019. The site of a former German Templer colony, it lies across the street from Israeli army headquarters.

We were impressed by its elegant food stores, cafes and restaurants. We could hardly believe that four people had been killed here while enjoying a cup of coffee or a pastry.

The attack, which unfolded at one of its cafes, was like a bolt out of the blue. It occurred more than a........

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