Knife Attack in Tel Aviv Leaves Five Injured, Attacker Fatally Shot
The assailant, a 28-year-old foreign national, was killed by security personnel after targeting civilians in a busy nightlife area.
- Five people were injured, including one critically, during a knife attack in Tel Aviv's Nahalat Binyamin district on Tuesday evening.
- The attacker, identified as a 28-year-old foreign national, was shot and killed by armed security personnel at the scene.
- Israeli authorities confirmed the attacker had entered the country days earlier and had undergone a security screening upon arrival, which raised no red flags.
- The Hamas organization praised the attack as a form of resistance but did not claim responsibility for it.
- The incident occurred during a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, following over 15 months of conflict that left Gaza heavily damaged.