Terrifying attack in Israel as tension rises in West Bank

Seven people were reportedly injured, three of them seriously, when a vehicle struck pedestrians on the sidewalk in northern Tel Aviv, Israel’s capital, and the driver was shot dead by an armed civilian.

In a written statement made by the Israeli police, it was claimed that a vehicle struck civilians on the sidewalk in north Tel Aviv, and then the driver got out of the vehicle and tried to harm people around with a “sharp object.” “in his hand. The statement states that 7 people, 3 of whom were seriously injured as a result of the collision with the vehicle, were taken to the hospital by medical teams and” the attacker was neutralized ”.

HAMAS EXPLANATION

Speaking to the Israeli press, a police source said the driver of the vehicle that struck the pedestrians was shot dead by an armed civilian nearby, and the incident is under investigation. In Israeli press reports, the driver of the vehicle that struck the pedestrians was claimed to be a Palestinian from the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

Photos of a van and injured people lying on the street in Tel Aviv were shared on social media. In a shared video, an armed civilian is seen firing multiple shots at a person lying on the ground.

In a written statement by the Hamas movement, it was stated that “the action was the first of Israel’s response to the crimes committed in Jenin” in Tel Aviv, but Hamas did not take responsibility for the incident.

The Israeli army launched raids and airstrikes on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank on Monday night. As the number of Palestinians who lost their lives in the attacks, which entered its second day, rose to 10, approximately 100 people were injured, 20 of them seriously. (AA)