AMMAN — According to Israeli media
sources, an Italian tourist was killed and seven were injured in a
car ramming attack near a beach in Tel Aviv.
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Italy's foreign minister said Israel
had identified the man killed as Italian citizen Alessandro Parini, 36.
A doctor told Israeli television the
wounded included three British nationals and one other Italian.
Reuters reported that an
Israeli security source identified the assailant as a
Palestinian with Israeli citizenship from the town of Kafr Qassem. He is in
critical condition after Israeli forces fired at him.
According to Hebrew media, the car
found at the scene of the operation was stolen and filed a report with the
Israeli police.
After the attack,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on Israeli law enforcement “to mobilize all
reserve border police units and has directed the (Israeli army) to mobilize
additional forces to confront the terror attacks”, according to Al Jazeera.
Attack comes
after successive Israeli raids on Al-AqsaThe car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv
follows
Israeli forces violently raiding Al-Aqsa Mosque. Hundreds of Palestinians
were arrested after raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the last few days, during
which Israeli forces fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at worshippers
praying in the holy month of Ramadan.
Following the
Al-Aqsa raids, Israel said it received
missile fire from the Gaza Strip and Palestinian forces in Lebanon.
Overnight on Friday, it responded
with an aerial bombardment on what it says were weapons production sites for
Hamas. No casualties have been reported by authorities in Gaza or Israel, according
to Al Jazeera.
CondemnationItaly’s Foreign Minister Antonio
Tajani tweeted in response to the attack: “The Israeli authorities confirm the
death of the Italian citizen Alessandro Parini and report the possible injury
of other compatriots in the cowardly attack on #TelAviv,” said Tajani. “I
express my firm condemnation of terrorism and my closeness to families.”
The US has also voiced solidarity
with Israel following the Tel Aviv attack.
“The targeting of innocent civilians
of any nationality is unconscionable,” said State Department spokesman Vedant
Patel. “The United States stands with the government and people of Israel.”
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