Healthcare professionals are deployed to the scene after armed attack in Jaffa, Israel on October 01, 2024. There were reportedly dead and wounded in the attack. (Photo by Magen David Adom / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
At least six people were killed and seven wounded in a shooting attack in the Jaffa neighbourhood of Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Israeli media has reported.
Three others remain in critical condition, while several more individuals sustained injuries in the attack.
Police described the attack as a shooting and stabbing attack that occurred shortly before Iran fired a barrage of some 180 missiles at targets around Tel Aviv.
“Six civilians were killed in a stabbing and shooting terror attack and nine civilians were injured with varying degrees of injury according to medical sources,” police said in a statement.
Israeli police said the two shooters had been “neutralised” and the situation was “under control”.
The families of the victims had been notified.
Meanwhile, the Magen David Adom medical response group said in a statement that “there are several wounded with varying degrees of injuries.”
Those affected were transported to Wolfson Medical Center in Holon and Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv for treatment.
According to an Israeli police account, the attack involved at least two gunmen who disembarked from a train car and began shooting at people waiting at a light rail station on Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa.
Footage posted online showed people lying on the street in Tel Aviv following the attack.
No group has claimed responsibility.
