6 people killed in Tel Aviv mass shooting moments before Iran launches missile attack on Israel, police say

Israeli police mentioned a minimum of six folks have been killed in a taking pictures assault in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night. Twelve folks additionally have been wounded within the taking pictures.

Two suspects opened hearth on a boulevard within the Jaffa neighborhood in southern Tel Aviv, police mentioned. The 2 suspects have been killed.

The assault got here moments earlier than a large barrage of rockets from Iran despatched folks into bomb shelters throughout Israel, together with in Tel Aviv.

Israel’s MDA ambulance service mentioned Tuesday it obtained a report at 7:01 p.m of individuals wounded by gunfire. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in remarks addressing the Iranian missile assault, provided “condolences to the households of the victims of the phobia assault in Jaffa and my finest needs for an entire restoration to the injured.”

The taking pictures got here simply earlier than Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to the killings of Iran-backed militant leaders; the missile assault despatched Israelis to shelters and prompted alarm throughout the area.

Sullivan mentioned Iran launched almost 200 ballistic missiles in the direction of targets in Israel.  He mentioned American Naval destroyers joined Israel “in firing interceptors to shoot down inbound missiles.”

After about an hour, the Israeli army introduced there was not a menace and “it was determined that it’s now permitted to go away protected areas in all areas throughout the nation,” after a “giant quantity” of Iranian missiles have been intercepted.

U.S. and Israeli officers mentioned there have been no experiences of Israeli civilian casualties.

The explosions from the Iranian missile barrage rang out simply hours after a senior White Home official instructed CBS Information the U.S. had “indications that Iran is making ready to imminently launch a ballistic missile assault in opposition to Israel.” 

That warning, which Israel’s army mentioned had been communicated from Washington, got here after Israel introduced the start of “restricted, localized, and focused floor raids” in opposition to the Iran-backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon.