From Sunday, four reserve battalions of the border police will be deployed in city centres. Units are already patrolling the Jerusalem region and the city of Lod, which has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.
Palestinian response
The attacks were a Palestinian response to Israeli raids on the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, which fueled violence in the region. Rockets were fired at Israel from the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Lebanon, prompting Israeli shelling in retaliation.
Seven tourists from Italy and Great Britain were injured in Friday night’s bombing in Tel Aviv. The perpetrator, who ran over the victims with a car, was shot dead. The Palestinian movement Hamas, which controls Gaza, said the attack was a “natural and legitimate response” to Israel’s “aggression” on the al-Aqsa mosque.
After the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the police to mobilize all reserve units of the Border Police and ordered the army to mobilize additional troops.