Jerusalem: Israeli police said on Tuesday there was a suspected "terror" shooting in Tel Aviv on the border with Jaffa with a number of casualties. Israel media reported at least eight people have been killed and several are seriously injured.
According to The Times of Israel, the incident took place on Jerusalem Street in the city next to a light rail train station. Police say the shooting in Jaffa is a suspected terror attack. Medics say there are several casualties in the apparent attack.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service says it is treating several people who were in the shooting attack in Jaffa, including some who are unconscious. Initial reports in Israeli media indicate that there were at least two gunmen in the attack and that there are at least 10 wounded, including two in critical condition.
TV footage showed gunmen getting off at a light rail station and opening fire. Israel media reported at least four people were seriously injured.
Israel's MDA ambulance service said it received a report at 7.01 pm (1601 GMT) of people injured by gunfire. Medics and paramedics provided on-site medical treatment to a number of wounded people with varying degrees of injuries, including some who were unconscious, MDA said.
What is happening in Israel and Lebanon?
As tensions run high, Hezbollah said it fired missiles at the headquarters of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency and at a military intelligence unit on the outskirts of Tel Aviv on Tuesday, causing the Israeli military to announce new restrictions on public gatherings and closed beaches in several areas, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
In a video, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) showed a Fadi-4 missile fired by Hezbollah at Israel fell directly in Kfar Qassem, an Arab village in central Israel, saying, "Hezbollah doesn’t care who, or how. They only care about harming Israelis." Hezbollah has officially denied reports that Israeli troops have entered Lebanese territory as part of their ground invasion.
In its first statement since Israel announced the start of ground operations, Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afifi said reports that Israeli forces had entered Lebanon were “false claims”. He said Hezbollah fighters are ready “to have a direct confrontation with enemy forces that dare to or try to enter Lebanon to inflict casualties among them”.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities. The evacuation order, posted by the Israeli military's Arabic spokesman on the social media platform X, specified around two dozen communities in southern Lebanon and ordered people to evacuate north of the Awali River, some 60 km from the border.
