The United Nations Security Council condemned the deadly terror attack which claimed the lives of four Israelis and wounded 16 others in Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market on Wednesday night.

It is the first time the Security Council officially condemns a terror attack carried out by Palestinians on Israelis since the beginning of the current wave of violence that begun this fall.

In its resolution, the Security Council members expressed their “deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to the government of Israel” and stated that “terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.”

The Council called for those responsible for "these reprehensible acts of terrorism" to be brought to justice.

In addition they underlined “the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice.

“Those responsible for these killings should be held accountable, and urged all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, to cooperate actively with all relevant authorities in this regard,” the Council wrote.

“Any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed.”

The statement was approved by all 15 members of the Security Council.

Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon welcomed the condemnation as "an important and moral statement" and called on all countries to oppose "Palestinian incitement that directly leads to violent terrorism."

“The attack is sad proof that when the international community refuses to condemn terror against Israelis, the next attack is only a matter of time. Terror in Tel Aviv must be viewed in the same way as terror attacks in Paris or Istanbul,” he said.

“We call on all the countries of the world to help end these attacks by strongly opposing the Palestinian incitement that directly leads to violent terrorism.”

Third suspect in terror shooting arrested

Meanwhile, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the arrest of a third suspect accused of involvement in the terror attack in Tel Aviv.

Netanyahu was visiting the site of the shooting in the popular Sarona market area. He said: “At this place, four innocent Israelis were murdered. We mourn their deaths.”

The victims were named as 40-year-old Ilana Nave, 41-year-old Ido Ben Ari, 58-year-old Michael Feige and 32-year-old Mila Mishayev.

Netanyahu added: “We caught the man who collaborated with the murderers.”

The two gunmen themselves were both apprehended at the scene, and one is being treated in an Israeli hospital.

Netanyahu explained that he had assembled the security cabinet “and we decided on a series of offensive measures”. He said that these included cancelling the work permits of the terrorists’ families and bolstering forces in the West Bank, with two additional battalions moved into the area.

Movement in and out of the West Bank village of Yatta, where the terrorists lived, will remain restricted while local residents continue to be interviewed.

The government also announced that Palestinians will not be permitted to travel from the West Bank into Israel until Sunday and that additional travel permits, which had been issued for Palestinians during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, were frozen.

This weekend marks not only the first Friday of Ramadan, but also the Jewish festival of Shavuot. Large crowds are expected to descend on Jerusalem’s Old City for both occasions.

Thousands of police and border police officers will patrol Jerusalem’s Old City. Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount have previously been a flashpoint for violence.