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Israeli authorities say that an attack in Tel Aviv has left multiple people injured and three people dead after a car rammed into a group of people.
The attack happened on Friday and police say that a car hit a group of people in Tel Aviv near a seaside park and flipped over. The driver of the car was shot and killed by police, according to an EMT who was on the scene. Officials identified the driver as a 45-year-old who’s a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
At least five Italian and British citizens were injured in the attack, according to officials. Among those injured are a 74-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl.
Israel’s rescue service said that a 30-year-old Italian man was killed in the attack.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the incident was a “terror attack.”
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Israeli police stand around a car involved in an attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, April 7, 2023. Israeli police said a car rammed into a group of people near a popular seaside park before flipping over. Police said they shot the driver of the car. Israel’s rescue service described the incident as a shooting attack. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Israel’s rescue service described the Friday incident as a shooting attack.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the attack that he’s calling up all reserve forces in Israel’s border police to “confront the terror attacks.”
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Israeli police stand at the scene of an attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, April 7, 2023. Israeli police said a car rammed into a group of people near a popular seaside park before flipping over. Police said they shot the driver of the car. Israel’s rescue service described the incident as a shooting attack. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
An Israeli policeman inspects the site of an attack in Tel Aviv on April 7, 2023. – One man was killed and four people were wounded in an attack in central Tel Aviv, Israeli rescue services said, updating a previous casualty toll of two injured. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
Israeli police gather next to a car used in a ramming attack in Tel Aviv on April 7, 2023. – One man was killed and four people were wounded in an attack in central Tel Aviv, Israeli rescue services said, updating a previous casualty toll of two injured. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
Hamas praised the Tel Aviv attack as a response to Israel’s “crimes against Al-Aqsa Mosque and worshippers.”
In a separate incident on Friday, two British-Israeli women were killed by a settlement in the West Bank.
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Police and forensic officers work at the site after a driver rammed passers-by with his car before flipping over. (Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Israeli police secure the site of an attack in Tel Aviv on April 7, 2023. (Photo by OREN ZIV/AFP via Getty Images)
The attack comes at a time of increased tensions between Israel and Hamas and as the Jewish Passover began on Wednesday. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is also continuing.
Fox News’ Paul Best and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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