Emergency services at the scene of the incident in Tel Aviv (Picture: Getty; AP; Twitter)
At least six people have been injured in a stabbing and car ramming attack in downtown Tel Aviv.
Emergency services and police rushed to Pinchas Rosen Street, near the centre of the Israeli city, after the incident, which has been labelled ‘terrorism’.
Initial reports suggest that after running pedestrians over, the driver jumped out of the car, trying to stab people.
Police spokesperson Eli Levi told Kan radio this was a deliberate attack, and that a civilian shot and killed the driver.
The body of the suspect is seen covered in a black plastic bag (Picture: AP)
Israeli security and emergency personnel in front of the vehicle used in the ramming (Picture: AFP)
Police rush to the scene in downtown Tel Aviv (Picture: AP)
Footage shared online shows at least three people being treated by medics at the scene.
Initial reports said 10 people had been injured, but this has since been reduced to six.
Israeli media identified the attacker as Hasin Halila, 23, a Palestinian man from a village near the West Bank city of Hebron.
The country has been on high alert for Palestinian attacks a day after launching a major military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Medics help one of the victims into an ambulance (Picture: AP)
At least six people were injured (Picture: AP)
Soldiers pressed ahead with their hunt for Palestinian militants and weapons in a refugee camp, after military bulldozers tore through alleys, forcing thousands of residents to flee to safety.
It has been described as one of the most intense military operations in the West Bank in nearly two decades, and there have been a number of warnings about a spillover in violence.
The Hamas militant group has since praised the attack in Tel Aviv as ‘heroic and revenge for the military operation in Jenin’.
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