At the least two individuals have been killed and a number of other wounded in a taking pictures in central Tel Aviv on Thursday night time in an space with a number of bars and eating places full of individuals, Israeli medics mentioned.
The motive for the taking pictures was not instantly clear, but it surely got here amid heightened tensions following a sequence of lethal assaults carried out by Palestinians.
Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service mentioned it obtained stories of taking pictures at “a number of scenes” round downtown Tel Aviv. It mentioned it had evacuated six individuals to a close-by hospital, three of whom have been in severe or vital situation.
The close by Ichilov hospital mentioned two individuals had died and that it was treating one other eight individuals who have been wounded.
At the least one taking pictures passed off on Dizengoff Road, a central thoroughfare and fashionable weekend hangout. Police urged individuals to keep away from the realm.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was monitoring the scenario from the Israeli navy headquarters, which can be in downtown Tel Aviv, his workplace mentioned.
Tensions have been excessive after a sequence of assaults by Palestinian assailants killed 11 individuals simply forward of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, which started almost every week in the past.
Final yr, protests and clashes throughout Ramadan ignited an 11-day Gaza conflict.