Tel Aviv:
Four people were injured in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday while the attacker was killed, Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom said.
Police said initial investigations showed that a terrorist armed with a knife had stabbed three civilians on Nahalat Binyamin Street and one civilian on Gruzenberg Street.
Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital said it had received three stabbing victims, including one in “a serious condition with a knife wound to the neck” who underwent surgery.
Nahalat Binyamin Street and the surrounding Tel Aviv neighborhood are popular for their restaurants and nightlife.
The area was cordoned off by police, while an AFP journalist spotted the dead body of a man lying in the street.
Without claiming responsibility, Hamas in a statement praised the attack as a “heroic sting operation” that showed resistance against Israel was “increasing.”
This was the second stabbing attack in Tel Aviv in four days, after another attacker seriously injured someone on Saturday before being shot by an armed civilian.
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