Shooting attack leaves at least 6 dead, 12 injured in Tel Aviv's Jaffa area
The Associated Press | Posted: October 1, 2024 7:40 PM | Last Updated: October 1
2 shooting suspects killed, police say. Attack occurred moments before barrage of rockets from Iran
Israeli police said six people were killed in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening.
Police said two suspects opened fire on a boulevard in the Jaffa neighbourhood in southern Tel Aviv.
Twelve people also were wounded in the shooting. Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said in a statement published on its website that six of those 12 victims were seriously injured.
Police said the two suspects were killed.
The attack came moments before a massive barrage of rockets from Iran sent people into bomb shelters across the country, including in Tel Aviv.
Israel has been fighting a war against the Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza for nearly a year, over which time tensions have also been escalating with the Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
PM vows retaliation over missile barrage
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later vowed retaliation against Iran for its missile barrage on Israel.
"Iran made a big mistake tonight and it will pay for it," Netanyahu said as he gathered his Security Cabinet for a late-night meeting.
Netanyahu said the missile attack was a failure and that Iran would soon learn a painful lesson just as its enemies in Gaza, Lebanon and other places have learned.
"Whoever attacks us. We attack them," he said.