There was a suspected attack in central Tel Aviv, Israel. An Italian tourist was killed and five other people were injured. The Israeli government wants to mobilize additional police forces and soldiers.
One man was killed and five others injured in a suspected attack in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on Friday evening. According to paramedics, an approximately 30-year-old man suffered fatal gunshot wounds in the incident near the beach promenade. It is said to be a tourist from Italy. Others were injured when a driver rammed his car into passers-by. According to police, the vehicle overturned.
A police spokesman told the AFP news agency that the shooter had been “neutralized”. “It was a terrorist attack on civilians” using a vehicle as a battering ram, he said. Ambulance sirens could be heard in the city center. Just last month, one man was killed and two others injured in an attack by a Palestinian in downtown Tel Aviv.
The situation in Israel is currently very tense
In response, the Israeli government announced on Friday evening that it would mobilize additional police units and soldiers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the Israeli police to mobilize all border police reserve units, the Prime Minister’s office said. He instructed the army to “mobilize additional forces to counter the terrorist attacks,” it said.
The situation in the Middle East has deteriorated massively in the midst of the Jewish Passover holiday and the Muslim month of fasting. The escalation follows clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque in mid-week. After rocket fire from Lebanon, Israel attacked targets in the neighboring country and in the Gaza Strip on Friday night. Two sisters, aged 16 and 20, with Israeli and British citizenship, had previously been killed in an attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and their mother was seriously injured.
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Source: Stern
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