In Bnei Brak, an ultra-Orthodox town on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, an attack reportedly left at least 5 dead and several injured. The terrorist track is privileged.
At least five people were killed and several injured on Tuesday evening in armed attacks on the outskirts of the Israeli metropolis Tel Aviv, emergency workers said.
The attacks are the third in a week in Israel.
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“We had five wounded in two different places in Bnei Brak (an ultra-Orthodox town on the outskirts of Tel Aviv), five of whom died,” Elie Bin, director of Magen David Adom, told Kan TV. Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross.
Rescuers and witnesses reported injuries in another attack in the nearby town of Ramat Gan.
On Sunday in Hadera, in northern Israel, two Israeli police officers were killed in a shooting claimed by the jihadist organization Islamic State (IS). Israeli police have identified the attackers who were shot as Israeli Arab ISIS operatives.
On March 22, in Beersheva (south), four Israelis – two men and two women – were killed in a knife and ramming attack perpetrated by a man inspired by the ideology of the IS group. The assailant was a teacher sentenced in 2016 to four years in prison for planning to travel to Syria to fight in IS and for sermons advocating for him.